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 ...

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, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a barred spiral galaxy. The observation was part of a campaign to better understand ...

Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers-2112, observed in the early universe. Earth is reflected on an illusive bubble surrounding the galaxy, recalling the connection between the ...

In the case of NGC 4394, scientists believe that gravitational interaction with a nearby galaxy may have pushed gas toward ...

Barred spiral galaxies, like the one pictured, were not expected to exist more than 7 billion years ago. Credit: NASA / ESO / JPL-Caltech / DSS Astronomers previously thought it took billions of years ...

Left: The galaxy J0107a observed in infrared light with the James Webb Space Telescope. The two galaxies seen in the lower part of the image are unrelated foreground objects. (Credit: NASA) Right: The ...

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, ...