The Universe Within (IMAGE) European Molecular Biology Laboratory Caption At first glance, this may look like the latest view from a telescope, but it was taken by looking not out at the vastness of space, but into a human cell. What could pass for stars or distant galaxies are actually gates to the genome that is locked up inside the cell's nucleus, as imaged by a super-resolution microscope. By combining images of thousands of these gates, called nuclear pore complexes, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have solved a decade-old controversy over how the pieces that form each pore's ring are arranged. Credit EMBL/A.Szymborska Usage Restrictions Policy regarding use EMBL press and picture releases including photographs, graphics and videos are copyrighted by EMBL. They may be freely reprinted and distributed for non-commercial use via print, broadcast and electronic media, provided that proper attribution to authors, photographers and designers is made. High-resolution copies of the images can be downloaded from the EMBL web site: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.embl.org">www.embl.org</a>. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.