Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

James Webb Space Telescope images of COSMOS-74706 with visible spiral arms and prospective central bar structure marked with white lines. Photo ...

The ancient barred spiral galaxy 'COSMOS-74706' is observed for its light and stellar bar, placing it on a timeline dating back 11.5 billion years.

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) captures stunning views of ...

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Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at Pitt, uncovered a contender for one of the earliest observed spiral ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way - a spiral structure with a straight ...

A galaxy remarkably similar in shape to our own Milky Way, yet significantly bigger and dating back to the universe's infancy, has been observed by astronomers. This cosmic relic, dubbed J0107a, ...

Left: The galaxy J0107a observed in infrared light with the James Webb Space Telescope. The two galaxies seen in the lower part of the image are unrelated foreground objects. (Credit: NASA) Right: The ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the spiral galaxy NGC 1672 with a supernova. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, O. Fox, L. Jenkins, S. Van Dyk, A. Filippenko, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST ...

Quite a number of small galaxies lie near us in the universe but are obscured by dust in our own galaxy and so are hard to see. Such is the case with Dwingeloo 1, a nearby barred spiral in Cassiopeia.