Rather than solid arms, spiral galaxies may show density waves—regions where matter slows down and bunches up, like cars in ...

The aquatic-themed portrait highlights the galaxy's swirling arms and bright core, which, thanks to Hubble's advanced imaging ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, which incorporates six different wavelengths of light. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker You might ...

More information: Mengyuan Xiao et al, PANORAMIC: Discovery of an ultra-massive grand-design spiral galaxy at z ∼ 5.2, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2025). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202453487 Journal ...

On the one hand, the galaxy's disc looks like it belongs to a spiral galaxy like our very own Milky Way—and yet the spheroidal bulge and halo are evocative of an elliptical galaxy. As a whole ...

PANORAMIC: Discovery of an ultra-massive grand-design spiral galaxy at z ∼ 5.2. Astronomy & Astrophysics , 2025; 696: A156 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202453487 Cite This Page : ...

The image of Zhúlóng shows its spiral arms, an old central bulge and a large star-forming disc, which resembles the Milky Way. An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has ...