Sweeping spiral arms extend from NGC 4536, littered with bright blue clusters of star formation and red clumps of hydrogen gas shining among dark lanes of dust. The galaxy’s shape may seem a little unusual, and that’s because it’s what’s known as an “intermediate galaxy”: not quite a barred spiral, but not exactly an unbarred […]
Category:
Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Galaxies, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Spiral Galaxies, The Universe
Posted on
March 8, 2025
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
1
6
3
1
3
1
2
44
93
2
4
1
137
21
1
2
1
2
4
110
2
11
13
10
1
5
1
29
18
163
2
13
108
1
12
21
3
55
1
33
14
6
395
6
62
33
180
4
26
14
38
3
1
2
3
25
2
18
17
13
4
3
110
3
373
48
4
1
1
13
6
1
1
15
12
1
271
57
12
34
1
5
35
5
1
360
2
8
18
5
124
1
6
1
1
11
1
155
5
2
226
10
10
2
2
10
10
1
10
1
41
1
149
10
3
20
2
1
8
3
14
14
1
30
2
640
214
45
2
17
1
4
1
1
10
1
2
37
14
26
377
1
2
18
1
47
1
7
2
296
42
44
1
5
6
7
3
1
17
29
10
16
134
1
17
33
6
1
39
1
3
1
203
105
10
1
198
1
51
10
104
353
10
1
1
68
2
Blog Posts
APOD: 2026 August 8 – A Messier Moment for Tempel 2
August 8, 2026
2026 IGARSS Hyperwall Schedule
August 7, 2026
NASA’s IXPE Studies Magnetar
August 7, 2026
