Image: Hubble spots spirals within a spiral
Monday, April 13, 2020 - 09:11
in Astronomy & Space
At first glance, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image looks to be a simple spiral galaxy, with two pinwheeling arms emerging from a central bar of stars and material that cuts through the galactic center. In fact, there are rings within these spiral arms, too: spirals within a spiral.