while spiral galaxies have defined spiral arms curving out from their centers. The grand design spiral galaxy is the most magnificently structured sort of galaxy, with prominent, well-formed and ...

so intricately structured that it can only belong to the most spectacular category of galaxies: the grand design spiral. The galaxy's name is Zhúlóng, after the Torch Dragon of Chinese myth, and its ...

Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a new grand-design spiral galaxy. It has been named Zhúlóng, after a giant red solar dragon and god from Chinese mythology. It is an incredible ...

Symmetrical spiral galaxies showcase the universe's natural beauty, revealing stunning artistry and intricate cosmic patterns ...

An international team of astronomers recently made a major discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They identified a giant grand-design spiral galaxy, named Zhúlóng, which could well be ...

Even if there was no supernova it’s worth pointing a telescope it. That’s because M101 is a grand spiral galaxy, with arms full of stars. From the solar system we get a face-on view of it from ...

Why it's so special: This image of a spiral galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is a portrait more than two decades in the making. Like most full-color images of space objects, it's a ...

But astronomers scrutinizing this particular Hubble image found the central galaxy actually sports a swirl of spiral arms seemingly unruffled by any such merger, raising new questions about what ...

Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye: This image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. Hubble Spots a Grand Spiral of Starbursts ...