spiral arms

The simulations tracked the sun's siblings as they passed in and out of the galaxy's spiral arms over 4. 6 billion years.

Although NGC 1097 seems to be wrapping its companion in its spiral arms, this is no gentle motherly giant.

The two major spiral arms of the Milky Way, in an artist's conception above, extend from the ends of a central bright bar of stars.

The disc harbours the Sun and most of the galaxy's other stars, as well as the beautiful spiral arms.

Strange features of NGC 1313 include that its spiral arms are lopsided and its rotational axis is not at the center of the nuclear bar.

"It was the logical next step, " because it uses a more sophisticated model of the galaxy by incorporating its spiral arms.

Colors in this well-composed, cosmic portrait, highlight plentiful, young, bluish star clusters along the galaxy's sweeping spiral arms.

A multi-wavelength investigation has revealed previously undetected spiral arms sweeping across the outskirts of spiral galaxy M94's disk.

Spiral galaxies, such as the Milky Way, consist of a flat disk with a bulging center and surrounding spiral arms.

Astronomers think the smaller blue galaxy peeking through the spiral arms may have actually punched a hole in the larger galaxy.

I gaze at the nearest of the Milky Way's graceful spiral arms as I wait for technicians to flip the switch.

The 100 billion stars of this galaxy are chiefly located in two spiral arms that extend from the nucleus.

And, the galaxy's red spiral arms and the swirling spokes seen between the arms show dust heated by newborn stars.

Astronomers think the smaller blue galaxypeeking through the spiral arms may have actually punched a hole in the larger galaxy.

Near their massive star forming regions, of course, and those regions tend to lie along sweeping blue spiral arms.

This sharp view of the gorgeous island universe shows off a striking yellow nucleus and galactic disk with tightly wound spiral arms.

Hubble has also captured the outer spiral arms of NGC 4911, along with thousands of other galaxies of varying sizes.

The yellow and red hues in this composite image show the galaxy's sweeping spiral arms as seen in visible and infrared light.

Farther from the center of the storm, spiral arms appear thinner and smoother.

Clusters of young bright blue stars highlight the galaxy's spiral arms. In contrast, red giant stars in the process of dying are also found.

Thenewest generations of stars are forming largely in clusters on the edges of thedark dust lanes, the backbone of the spiral arms.

Maffei 2 is a spiral galaxy thatalso has a disk shape, but with a bar-like central bulge and twoprominent dusty spiral arms.

West of Central America, Celia sports spiral arms but no obvious eye.

The blue areas show the hottest, youngest stars, while the reddish-pink denotes lanes of dust that line the spiral arms.

The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, and we are located in one of the spiral arms, called the Orion Arm.

On the right, surrounded by blue spiral arms, is spiral galaxy M81.

Last go-round, M82's gravity likely raised density waves rippling around M81, resulting in the richness of M81's spiral arms.

Over 60, 000light-years across, M51's spiral arms and dust lanes clearly sweep infront of its companion galaxy, NGC 5195.

Over 60, 000 light-years across, M51's spiral arms and dust lanes clearly sweep in front of its companion galaxy, NGC 5195.

Stars are born in these interstellar clouds, which are located in the spiral arms of our Milky Way Galaxy