Are you ready to look into a galaxy far, far away? Let's say hello to the weekend with this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image showing an elliptical galaxy called NGC 2865. It lies just over 100 million light-years away from us in the constellation of Hydra — The Sea Serpent — and was discovered in 1835 by astronomer John Herschel. Elliptical galaxies are usually filled with old, dying stars. NGC 2865, however, is relatively youthful and dynamic, with a rapidly rotating disk full of young stars and metal-rich gas. For an elliptical galaxy it contains an unusually high number of young stars — suggesting that a galaxy-wide starburst took place about one billion years ago. Can you believe we are able to see this far away from our home planet?! Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA #nasa #hubble25 #galaxy #space #photograhy #exploration #science #technology #anniversary #stars