# @europeanspaceagency on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIB8E8NMPSE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35582181-europeanspaceagency-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d648f4e77e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-04T15:50:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** J.L.Lopez (@xandler80) — https://gondola.cc/xandler80

## Caption

Share this cosmic vibe with the Aries in your life ♈

Just like Aries season ignites new beginnings, the skies above this constellation are bursting with stellar fireworks! The hubbleesa telescope has captured some dazzling galaxies in Aries—each with a unique story of star formation, supernovae, and cosmic evolution. Swipe through to discover them!

1. NGC 976: A serene spiral galaxy… with a dramatic past! This cosmic beauty has hosted a supernova explosion—one of the most powerful events in the universe. These stellar eruptions don’t just mark the end of massive stars, they also seed the cosmos with the heavy elements needed to form new generations of stars and planets.

2. NGC 691: This majestic spiral galaxy is the leader of the NGC 691 galaxy group, a collection of galaxies bound by gravity about 120 million light-years from Earth. Thanks to Hubble’s filters, astronomers can reconstruct stunning full-colour images, revealing its intricate structure in breathtaking detail.

3. NGC 1156: A galactic enigma! This isolated dwarf irregular galaxy is an unusual blend—it has spiral-like bright stars, elliptical-like diffuse glow, and vivid bursts of star formation. Despite being alone in space, it continues to form stars, giving it a blush of ionised hydrogen gas against its core of older, redder stars.

These galaxies remind us that Aries season is a time of bold energy, new beginnings, and cosmic wonder.

📸 europeanspaceagency / Hubble & NASA, D. Jones, A. Riess et al.; creativecommons CC BY 4.0
📸 ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; CC BY 4.0
Acknowledgement: M. Zamani 
📸 ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. B. Tully, R. Jansen, R. Windhorst; CC BY 4.0

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## Credits

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ESA - European Space Agency | @europeanspaceagency | https://gondola.cc/europeanspaceagency | Government Organization |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Editor |
| Hubble Space Telescope | @hubbleesa | https://gondola.cc/hubbleesa | Photographer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Publisher |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Copywriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Community Manager |

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