Spiral galaxy M81, composite image. The yellow centre indicates older stars, the blue areas in the spiral arms are hot, young stars. M81 is around 12

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Spiral galaxy M81, composite image. The yellow centre indicates older stars, the blue areas in the spiral arms are hot, young stars. M81 is around 12 million light years from Earth, in the constellation of Ursa Major. The image combines data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).

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Photo credit: © NAOJ/NASA/ESA/STScI/ROBERT GENDLER/Roberto Colombari/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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