A frequent sign of the maturity of a spiral galaxy is the formation of a ribbon of stars and gas that slices across the nucleus, like the slash across a “no smoking” sign. In a landmark study of more ...

A barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars. Bars are found in about half of all spiral galaxies. Bars generally affect both the motions of stars ...

Astronomers have observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral galaxy in the early Universe and found that it has important similarities and differences with modern galaxies. This improves our ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light show, ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation Cetus the Sea Monster. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a similar barred ...

This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a picture-perfect galaxy, known somewhat unimaginatively as Mrk 1337. It is located 120 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo, ...

A recent study published in Nature examines spectacular new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that reveals the oldest and farthest spiral galaxy like our Milky Way ever discovered, ...

NGC 4394 is a barred spiral galaxy located 55 million light-years away in Coma Berenices It was discovered in 1784 by astronomer William Herschel and is part of the Virgo Cluster The galaxy features a ...

There is a way to see JWST’s latest images. On Twitter and Flickr there are a handful of astrophotographers processing and posting some stunning images of JWST’s very latest observations. The raw ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672. This remarkable image provides a high definition view of the galaxy’s large bar, ...