spiral galaxy

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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

It seems we live in a four-armed spiral galaxy with a bright central bar and a reasonable degree of symmetry.

From Scientific American

A Hubble image released in 2014 showed a double nucleus in spiral galaxy Messier 83.

From Fox News