Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel

The magnificent spiral galaxy M83 lies 15 million light-years away in the southern sky. Peering into one of the galaxy's spiral arms, the Hubble Space Telescope's new Wide Field Camera 3 is giving astronomers a detailed new look at the firestorm of star birth taking place in the galaxy. Stars are born in huge reddish nebulae and emerge as brilliant blue star clusters.

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