Hubble has photographed IC 3430, a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 45 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Dwarf galaxies have fewer than about a billion stars, yet they can copy the shapes of larger galaxies on a smaller scale. IC 3430 has a smooth oval form with no spiral arms, typical of ellipticals, but it has a core of hot, massive blue stars, which is unusual. Astronomers think ram pressure, as the galaxy moves through gas within the Virgo cluster, compressed the remaining gas in its centre and triggered new stars. The image shows that even a galaxy with little gas can be reshaped by its neighbourhood.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.