In 2009, NASA's Hubble, Chandra X-ray and Spitzer Space Telescopes joined forces to capture an impressive view of the Milky Way galaxy's core.

Hubble's contribution, shown in gold colour, reveals massive arcs of hot gas heated by massive stars in series. These images revealed many massive stars in the region, which produce wind and radiation as they mould complex gas structures.

X-rays by Chandra are composed of high-energy features and unique unique objects, represented by the colours blue and pink. Pink represents lower temperature; blue represents higher performance. The small dots in the lower right corner of the image appear to be matter released from black holes, the most conspicuous of which is a supermassive black hole.

The light received by the Spitzer Space Telescope appears red, and this light provides a detailed representation of the galactic centre. The continuous dusty clouds in these images may harbour star nurseries called next-generation stars, which cannot be seen in the light.

The overall picture is a swirling dance of red, orange, yellow, gold, pink, gold, pink and blue among the impressive colours. The centre of the lower centre-right part of the photograph shines prominently, and the interstellar dust and emanations merge with parts of space to form an impressive picture.