In a mouse's hippocampus, brain cells known as microglia (red) can eliminate connections between nerve cells (blue) that are thought to store some types of memories.
The image's central region, containing the star cluster, blends visible-light data taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys and near-infrared exposures taken by the Wide Field Camera 3
This is the image of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting the nearby star Epsilon Eridani. Located 10.5 light-years away, it is the closest known extrasolar planet to our solar system. The planet is in an elliptical orbit that carries it as close to the star as Earth is from the Sun, and as far from the star as Jupiter is from the Sun.
The picture shows Abell 2218, a rich galaxy cluster composed of thousands of individual galaxies. It sits about 2