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Space & Cosmos
Astronomers discover supermassive Grand Design spiral galaxy
Morphology and photometric redshift of Zhúlóng. Credit: Xiao et al., 2024. An international team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect a new grand design spiral galaxy as part of a panoramic survey. The newly discovered galaxy, named Zhúlóng, is so massive that it appears to be the most distant spiral galaxy yet identified. The findings…
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Hubble captures barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures supernova spiral galaxy NGC 1672. Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, O. Fox, L. Jenkins, S. van Dijk, A. Filipenko, J. Li and the PHANGS-HST team, D. de Martin (ESA/Hubble), M. Zamani (ESA) /Hubble) This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Dorado, 49 million…
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Hubble photographs a stellar nursery in a majestic spiral galaxy IC 1954
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows spiral galaxy IC 1954. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker, J. Lee, and PHANGS-HST team This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows spiral galaxy IC 1954, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium. At its center is a glowing rod with majestically winding spiral arms, above which is…
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