A Galaxy Far, Far Away

This photo released Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, shows the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the NCG 3077 galaxy. The dark clumps of material scattered around the bright nucleus are pieces of wreckage from the galaxy's interactions with its larger neighbors. NGC 3077 is a member of the M81 group of galaxies and it resides 12.5 million light-years from Earth.

Credit: AP Photo/NASA-ESA