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 […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Galaxies, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Spiral Galaxies, The Universe
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March 8, 2025
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