Hubble Views Galactic Core in Unprecedented New Detail

Hubble Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) joins forces with the Spitzer Space Telescope to peer deeper into the Milky Way's center. Hubble detected a new population of massive stars about 26,000 light-years away. Astronomers can use this data to study how these stars form and influence their environment.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

Science Credit: NASA, ESA, and Q.D. Wang (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)