Hercules A Wall Art Size:COSMIC (48 X 32) a stellar nursery about 5

a stellar nursery about 5

diffuse clouds of ionized gas that emit their own light

just to the north of Orion’s belt

ejected one after another from the area around the star

Most of the ALMA test observations used to create this image were made using only twelve antennas working together — far fewer than will be used for the first science observations — and much closer together as well

Hercules A Wall Art Size:COSMIC (48 X 32) a stellar nursery about 5Spectacular jets are powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A. The jets shoot through space for millions of trillions of miles. This image, taken by the Hubble Telescope, was originally released in November 2012. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO AUI NSF), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI AURA)