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spiral galaxy

NOUN
a galaxy in spiral structure
Synonyms
WEAK
barred spiral galaxy spiral spiral nebula

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As the name suggests, a stellar bar is a straight, elongated feature that stretches across the central region of a spiral galaxy.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

J0107a is the earliest and most massive barred spiral galaxy known to date, making it the best target for studying the evolution of barred spiral galaxies in the early Universe.

From Space Scoop • Jun. 5, 2025

Our solar system is nestled on the third arm of the Milky Way, a spiral galaxy that is, yes, average: just one among 2 trillion galaxies in the universe.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

Euclid took this picture of spiral galaxy NGC 6744, 30 million light-years from Earth.

From New York Times • May 23, 2024

From our galaxy to the nearest spiral galaxy, M31, also in the constellation Andromeda, is 2,000,000 light-years.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan