Are they really?! How cool! I didn't really know - the original was a photo I'd purchased from NASA, but there was no description on the photo at all. What a great bit of info - thanks loriearte!

Those are actually galaxies!!! This was dubbed "The most important picture ever taken", The Ultra Deep Field. It's fascinating. Every single speck in that photo is an enormous galaxy just like our Milky Way. A bit shocking when you try to put it all into perspective. Not taking into account, that this photo was captured zooming into a small blank area of space for 11 days. Our universe is absolutely amazing. Sorry for geeking out, but it's my favorite photo of all time! :)