Look at this incredible picture of the center of our Milky Way Galaxy taken by Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
Source: Hubblesite.org
Isn't it beautiful? There are 500,000 stars crammed into an area of space that would be the equivalent of the distance from our Sun to the Alpha Centauri system, a little over 4 light years away.
To learn even more about the Milky Way's nuclear star cluster and Hubble, join astronomers and scientists during a live Hubble Hangout discussion at 3pm EDT on Thurs., March 31 at http://hbbl.us/y6k.
Here is the full story behind the picture.
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