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Amateur astronomer captures Cigar Galaxy and Bode's Galaxy swimming in a spectral nebula (photo)
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a striking cosmic vista featuring the grand design spiral galaxy M81 alongside the ...
James Webb Unveils “Torch Dragon,” a Galaxy That Shouldn’t Exist Yet
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just ...
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Amateur astronomer captures detailed photos of Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from backyard observatory
The image captures many of the sweeping features that one would hope to find in a 'grand-design' spiral galaxy, complete with ...
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Milky Way Twin Discovered in the Infant Universe — But It Shouldn’t Even Exist
Understanding how such a structured galaxy could form in the dense early universe remains unexplained and requires further investigation. The paper “PANORAMIC: Discovery of an ultra-massive ...
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Webb Finds Evidence for Active Supermassive Black Hole in Messier 83
Messier 83 is a grand-design barred spiral galaxy located 15 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Hydra. Also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, M83, NGC 5236, LEDA 48082 and ...
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The evolution of interacting spiral galaxy NGC 5194
Abstract: NGC 5194 (M51a) is a grand-design spiral galaxy and undergoing interactions with its companion. Here, we focus on investigating main properties of its star formation history (SFH) by ...