Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope!

Running Time: 20 seconds

M82 is shown in all its wavelength glory and annotated to mention each observatory. Dissolving from Chandra X-ray Observatory images of three X-ray energy bands to images in three bands of the infrared spectrum taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope, and ending with the Hubble Space Telescope's visible- and near-infrared- light image. The three observatories' images were composited to reveal the galaxy's stars, as well as gas and dust features.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)