spiral galaxy

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We live in a barred spiral galaxy, or one that swirls around with waving arms and has a bar-shaped structure in the middle composed largely of stars.

From Salon

It is also a barred spiral galaxy, located in the Perseus constellation, and contains 10 times as many stars as our own galaxy.

From Salon

Jha noted that the galaxy is a spiral galaxy like our own Milky Way galaxy, though billions of light-years away.

From Salon

Astronomers say that they traced the signal to a star-churning region on the outskirts of a massive spiral galaxy.

From Fox News

The spiral galaxy is known as NGC 4651, and although it looks relatively calm and quiet swirling out in deep space, the European Space Agency says it harbors a "violent secret."

From Fox News