Far and AwayA kaleidoscope of colors reveals the galaxy cluster CL J1001+0220, the most distant cluster yet discovered. It's about 11.1 billion light-years away. Its discovery pushes back the origin of these massive objects by 700 million years.
Photograph by X-ray: NASA/CXC/Université Paris/T.Wang et al; Infrared: ESO/UltraVISTA; Radio: ESO/NAOJ/NRAO/ALMA

See Distant Galaxies Gleam and a Weird Spot on Saturn

Also this week, a satellite sees hurricanes threatening Hawaii and a NASA probe peers at methane-covered slopes on Pluto.

ByVictoria Jaggard
September 2, 2016

Feed your need for heavenly views of the universe with our pick of the most awe-inspiring space pictures.

This week, the most distant known galaxy cluster comes into view, the Juno spacecraft offers sharp new shots of Jupiter, and Hubble captures a portrait of the star system next door.