Like dust bunnies that lurk in corners and under beds, surprisingly complex loops and blobs of cosmic dust lie hidden in the giant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/elliptical_galaxy" class="extiw" title="en:elliptical galaxy">elliptical galaxy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1316" class="extiw" title="en:NGC 1316">NGC 1316</a>. This image made from data obtained with the NASA/ESA <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a> reveals the dust lanes and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/star_clusters" class="extiw" title="en:star clusters">star clusters</a> of this giant galaxy that give evidence that it was formed from a past merger of two gas-rich galaxies.
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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