Astronomers Detect Nine Star-Filled Rings around Giant Galaxy
Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) at W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers have identified nine rings — more than previously detected by any telescope in any galaxy — around the collisional ring galaxy LEDA 1313424. Pasha et al. detected nine rings…
bubmagFebruary 4, 2025