On July 21, 2025, theEuropean Southern Observatory (ESO) highlighted an exciting discovery made possible by its cutting-edge ...

That’s massive by any standard. Its spiral arms span 19,000 parsecs, or about 62,000 light-years.

Experts say a mysterious spiral shape can appear in the night sky when a rocket vents unneeded fuel after launch. When the fuel is ejected, it freezes and crystallises in the shape of a spiral ...

A galaxy remarkably similar in shape to our own Milky Way, yet significantly bigger and dating back to the universe's infancy, has been observed by astronomers. This cosmic relic, dubbed J0107a ...

Astronomers Spot Galaxy Shaped Like Milky Way But Is Far More Massive The distant galaxy, called J0107a, was observed as it appeared 11.1 billion years ago, when the universe was about a fifth of ...

This has a side effect of suppressing star formation in the galaxy. That does not describe J0742+2704, which has maintained its spiral shape, supporting alternative mechanisms of jet formation.

NGC 3596 appears almost perfectly face-on when viewed from Earth, showcasing the galaxy’s neatly wound spiral arms.

Scientists of St. Petersburg‑St. Petersburg State University, together with colleagues, based on observational data, verified the presence of signs in galaxies that would appear in them in accordance ...

While galaxies with highly organised structures like the barred spiral shape of the Milky Way are common now, that was not the case 11.1 billion years ago. "Compared to other monster galaxies in ...