Science

Cool space photos of the week, June 15

by JoAnna Wendel

Reddish dots near the center of this Hubble Space Telescope image form the starburst galaxy PLCK G045.1+61.1

The upper level of Mars’s atmosphere glows green as carbon dioxide molecules break. The European Space Agency’s Trace Gas Orbiter satellite captured this green glow.

(Artist representation)

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