A mysterious spiral formation was spotted in the night sky above Hawaii earlier this month, sparking curiosity among observers. The spectacle, initially spotted by an observatory in Mauna Kea on ...

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

JWST spots the most distant spiral galaxy yet, shaking up what we know about early galaxy formation. (CREDIT: NASA/CSA/ESA, M. Xiao (University of Geneva), G. Brammer (Niels Bohr Institute), Dawn ...

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

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.

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Spiral galaxies like ours sit at one end of this sequence, while elliptical galaxies like M87 sit at the other. Bridging the gap between the two are elongated sphere-shaped galaxies, lacking ...

According to RAS, spiral galaxies, like the Milky Way, likely once looked like a lenticular galaxy with little dust, and eventually look like a lenticular galaxy with a lot of dust.

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