City of stars, are you shining just for me? This new Hubble view shows a spiral galaxy called M88, located about 63 million light-years away. M88 is an active galaxy, which means that its center holds a supermassive black hole that snacks on gas and dust. Astronomers estimate the black hole is around 100 million times as massive as our Sun! Older stars around the black hole give M88 its warmly glowing heart. The galaxy's core is surrounded by tightly wound, symmetrical spiral arms, outlined by bright pink and blue star clusters and knotted clouds of dust. Uncover more at the link in our bio! Image description: Spread across two slides is a large spiral galaxy. It is seen tilted at an angle, so that it is foreshortened and appears very wide. Its tightly-wound, blue spiral arms swirl out from its glowing center, spreading apart at the tips. They are followed by strands and clumps of dark red dust and spotted with pink dots where stars are forming in clouds of gas. The galaxy is surrounded by a slight glow and lies on a dark background. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker #NASA #Hubble #galaxy #space #science