This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

Zhúlóng is the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen. It formed 1 billion years after Big Bang, yet has a calm structure like ...

The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which was ...

This image of Zhúlóng, the most distant spiral galaxy discovered to date, shows its remarkably well-defined spiral arms, a ...

NASA just unveiled a new image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, showcasing intricate details of its vivid structure that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified Zhúlóng, the most distant spiral galaxy candidate, existing just one billion years after the Big Bang at a redshift of 5.2.

The galaxy gets it distinctive look due to the angle we see it from. When you think of a spiral galaxy, it is usually seen face-on, as if it were circular and so you can see the arms reaching out ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4900 appears to show a bright star overlapping the spiral galaxy. But while both celestial objects appear to be in the constellation Virgo as viewed from ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop. The composite image makes it look as though the ...

PANORAMIC: Discovery of an ultra-massive grand-design spiral galaxy at z ∼ 5.2. Astronomy & Astrophysics , 2025; 696: A156 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202453487 Cite This Page : ...