NP Aerospace, Babcock, and Thales were awarded the contract for Spiral 3 of the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) ...

The team managed to depict a moving spiral line drawing and the static outline of a butterfly ... A glowing image resembling a futuristic hologram floats in mid-air. This is a 3D volumetric display.

Smalley's team successfully demonstrated it by projecting the static outline of a butterfly, as well as a moving spiral line drawing ... improved on other similar 3D projections' systems.

However, UGC 10043 is viewed edge-on, with its rings seemingly flattened into a line. This unique angle gives astronomers the chance to see how spiral galaxies are structured in 3D. This image of ...