Hubble time! 🌌 This is the heart of Messier 82 (M82) — better known as the Cigar Galaxy — just 12 million light-years away in Ursa Major. @hubbleesa sharp eye reveals why this galaxy is bursting with activity: it forms stars 10 times faster than the Milky Way. In its core lie dazzling super star clusters — each containing hundreds of thousands of stars, outshining typical clusters by far. The first image shows the galaxy’s star-packed centre, cloaked in sculptural lanes of gas and dust. The second compares two views: Hubble’s Wide Field Channel image from 2006, and a newly processed look from the High Resolution Channel, which operated from 2002–2007. Together, they show the galaxy’s blazing core in stunning new detail. A starburst galaxy in every sense — the Cigar Galaxy continues to light up our cosmic neighbourhood. 📸 @europeanspaceagency / @hubbleesa & @NASA, W. D. Vacca; @creativecommons BY 4.0 📸 ESA/Hubble & NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI), W. D. Vacca; CC BY 4.0 �...