This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Galaxy SXDF-NB1006-2, illustration. The young bright stars in this galaxy are ionising the gas inside and around it. Ionised oxygen (green) is detected by ALMA (the Atacama Large Millimetre Array), while ionised hydrogen (pink) is detected by the Subaru Telescope. This galaxy is some billion light years distant, in the constellation of Cetus. Image published in 2016.

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