Argentinian astronomers have employed the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) to perform high-resolution radio ...

The highly inclined barred spiral M108 in Ursa Major is sometimes called the Surfboard Galaxy. It's not to be missed.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The galaxy itself is a stunning swirl of gas and dust sculpted into thick lanes that spiral ...

The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three times the size of the Milky Way. Like our own galaxy, ...

A massive spiral galaxy known as J2345-0449 emits powerful radio jets more than 5 million light-years long. | Credit: Bagchi and Ray et al/Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (CC BY 4.0) ...

The galaxy’s existence suggests that even 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—which is to say, early in the universe’s existence—well-articulated spiral galaxies existed.

ALMA measures evolution of monster barred spiral galaxy Date: May 22, 2025 Source: National Institutes of Natural Sciences Summary: Astronomers have observed a massive and extremely active barred ...

NASA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Chandra X-ray Observatory launch by sharing never-before-seen photos of the largest known spiral galaxy in the universe. The Chandra X-ray ...

Those "arms" resemble the elongated structures of a spiral galaxy, like our very own Milky Way. At an epic timescale "comparable to the age of the solar system," which is 4.6 billion years old, ...

The galaxy dates back to the universe’s infancy, 11.1 billion years ago. ... J0107a is now one of the earliest-known examples of a barred spiral galaxy.