The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a set of enigmatic quasar ghosts — ethereal green objects which mark the graves of these objects that flickered to life and then faded. The eight unusual looped structures orbit their host galaxies and glow in a bright and eerie goblin-green hue. They offer new insights into the turbulent pasts of these galaxies.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1507/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
2 April 2015
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1 April 2015: In January this year ESA/Hubble made a call for proposals to informal education venues across Europe to apply for a large-scale print of the Hubble 25th anniversary image.
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