Hubble/Chandra Composite of ESO 137-001

This image shows hot X-ray emission from ESO 137-001 as it travels through space. Hot gases in the cluster are stripping cold gas from the galaxy away from it, and leaving it to trail behind the galaxy's forward motion.


Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: M. Sun (Univerity of Alabama, Huntsville)