Newly released Hubble image

Click the photo to see a larger version. Is that beautiful, or what? It's hard to grasp how gorgeous the universe is. Stuff like this is just floating around out there.

You can learn more about the "Rose of galaxies" at Science and Reason, which is where I found this stunning photo.

I wonder what civilizations exist there. I'm sure they do. How could someone not live in a great-looking galaxy like that?