Hubble catches sight of a beautifully swirling galaxy in flux

Hubble's latest look into deep space is a real dazzler.

Image:  ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et

Say hello to NGC 4680. This distant galaxy â€" it's more than 350 light-years away from Earth â€" is captured in beautiful detail and color by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3. NASA shared the freshly created image on Friday, highlighting the "neighboring" galaxies visible in the image (one on the right side of the frame and one at the bottom).

Let's not let those other galaxies steal the show, though. NGC 4680 is an interesting one because of how difficult it is to classify. It looks a bit like a spiral galaxy, and it may have more confidently been one long ago, but as the description points out, it's often referred to as a lenticular galaxy. Read more...

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