Messier 95 This beautiful image of Messier 95 includes data from tw...

Messier 95

This beautiful image of Messier 95 includes data from two different Hubble observing programs. The first looked at connections between young stars and cold gas in star clusters and molecular clouds. The second looked at more than 50,000 gas clouds in 19 nearby galaxies. These datasets will help astronomers better understand the process of star formation and the large-scale evolution of galaxies.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, J. Lee (STScI), and R. Chandar (University of Toledo); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)