Nearby spiral galaxy captured in all its glory by Hubble telescope

By Cosmic Tribune on December 9, 2015   Astronomy, Galaxies, Impacting, Out There, Telescopes, Time and Space  

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, ESA/Hubble & NASA and S. Smartt (Queen’s University Belfast), Robert Gendler] This huge swirling mass of stars, gas, and dust occurs near the center of a nearby spiral galaxy. Gorgeous spiral NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years distant, toward the constellation Leo. Spanning some 50,000 light-years, its […]