“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

– Samuel Beckett

Explanation:

Big beautiful

spiral galaxy M66

lies a mere 35 million light-years away.

About 100 thousand light-years across, the gorgeous island universe

is well known to astronomers as a

member of the Leo Triplet

of galaxies.

In M66, pronounced dust lanes and

young, blue star clusters

sweep along spiral arms

dotted with the tell-tale glow of pink star forming regions.

This colorful

and deep view also reveals faint extensions beyond the brighter

galactic disk.

Of course, the bright,

spiky stars lie in the foreground,

within our own Milky Way Galaxy, but many, small, distant

background galaxies can be seen in the cosmic

snapshot.

Gravitational interactions

with its neighboring

galaxies have likely influenced the shape of spiral galaxy M66.