The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

At the center of this image, placed subtly amongst the dense galactic field, is Zhúlóng, the most distant spiral galaxy discovered to date. It has remarkably well-defined spiral arms ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

The velocity of the galaxy's rotation increases as you move outward from the center, reaching a maximum rotational ... the galaxy behaves in a manner consistent with some of the largest, most mature ...

Zhúlóng is the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen. It formed 1 billion years after Big Bang, yet has a calm structure like ...

Dubbed the “Big Wheel,” it’s a galaxy ... the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Semenov, who was not involved in the new study, notes that Big Wheel is “one of the most ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found exciting new clues suggesting that a supermassive black hole may be hiding at the center of the nearby spiral galaxy Messier 83 (M83), also ...

Discover the amazing similarities between Zhúlóng and the Milky Way, challenging our understanding of galaxy evolution.

The velocity of the galaxy's rotation increases as you move outward from the center, reaching a maximum ... with some of the largest, most mature spiral galaxies we see in the present universe.