
A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out of a cosmic cannon.
The galaxy, IC 3225, is located about 100 million light-years from Earth and is a member of a large group of galaxies known as the Virgo Cluster. A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures IC 3225 with a comet-like tail of gas streaming from the galaxy's central disk as it travels speedily past its galactic neighbors.