The image of Zhúlóng, the most distant spiral galaxy discovered to date. It has remarkably well-defined spiral arms, a central old bulge, and a large star-forming disk, resembling the structure ...

The JWST discovers the Zhúlóng spiral galaxy, as massive as the Milky Way, formed only a billion years after the Big Bang.

And whatever happened, how has it affected the galaxy and its main job: forming stars? This discovery concerns the oldest known spiral galaxy. It’s over 12 billion years old, and it’s called BRI ...

The image features several bright galaxies in the background, as well as a highly detailed capture of LEDA 2046648, a billion-year-old spiral galaxy. Launched in December 2021, Webb began its ...

Spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648 shows up in stunning detail against a background of even more distant galaxies. Menu. Space. Look! New JWST Shows a Billion-Year-Old Spiral Galaxy in Stunning Detail.

Observations have revealed the first-ever seismic waves seen in an ancient galaxy, possibly offering new insight into the origins of our very own Milky Way. The galaxy, known as BRI 1335-0417, is more ...

Known as spiral galaxies, ... (Dr Till Sawala)Astronomers believe the Milky Way is an estimated 13.51 billion years old. However, what happened during each stage of its evolution, ...

From eerie spiral galaxies to the furthest looks back in time to when the universe was still in its infancy. Now NASA’s newest space telescope is making discoveries, and it has just identified ...

The newfound spiral galaxy, Zhúlóng, has a redshift of 4.3, meaning that its light has been traveling for more than 12 billion years. It formed about 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang.

Bars form in spiral galaxies when the orbits of stars near the galaxy's nucleus become erratic and stretched out. As the stars' orbits get larger, they start to fall in line, so to speak.

A 100-year-old mystery surrounding the "shape-shifting" nature of some galaxies has been solved, revealing in the process that our Milky Way galaxy did not always possess its familiar spiral ...