Huge Russian Dolls Surrounding a Galaxy

M84 Chandra Image

M84: A massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. More at http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m84/

-Kim Arcand, CXC

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