The new images released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are not just straight up beautiful, they also take the research into star formation one huge step forward.
The latest release of Astro Pixel Processor (APP), V1.083 beta 2, features a star reducer tool that helps to quickly reduce or remove bright stars in astro-images, to better bring out nebulas or faint details in general.
A previously unknown phenomena has been observed in the Intracluster Medium (ICM), the space between galaxies in a cluster: a solitary cloud of warm gas.