JWST has spotted a huge, ultramassive galaxy as it appeared 12.8 billion years ago, so intricately structured that it can only belong to the most spectacular category of galaxies: the grand design ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559. It is about 35 million light-years away in the southern constellation Reticulum. Credit: Space.com | ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped. Researchers just ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The ...

Bright-blue stars define the galaxy's spiral arms, along with lacy reddish-brown dust clouds and pink star-forming regions. The spiral galaxy NGC 5643 is located roughly 40 million light-years ...

Among the important findings is the discovery of very young galaxies that already looked like their more senior counterparts in the local universe, and a recent study has shown a spiral galaxy ...

"As fascinating as the galaxy appears at visible wavelengths, some of NGC 5643's most interesting features are invisible to the human eye." A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image ...

Riess, D. Thilker, D. De Martin (ESA/Hubble), M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble) A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, known as NGC 5643 ...

The newfound galaxy, named Zhúlóng, is extremely massive and appears to be the most distant spiral galaxy identified so far. The finding was detailed in a paper published December 17 on the pre ...

A spiral galaxy—just like the Milky Way—it’s ... However, any pair of binoculars will help you pick-out M31 rather easily from underneath any kind of urban sky. So here’s how you do ...