Space Images | A Cauldron of Stars at the Galaxy's Center

Space Images | A Cauldron of Stars at the Galaxy's Center

This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows hundreds of thousands of stars crowded into the swirling core of our spiral Milky Way galaxy. In this image, old and cool stars are blue, while dust features lit up by blazing hot, massive stars are shown in a reddish hue.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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