@MAstronomers The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51 or NGC 5194, is a grand-design spiral galaxy with a prominent companion galaxy, NGC 5195, and is located about 23 million light-years away from our Milky Way galaxy Additional Reading: x.com/joehansenxx/st…
@MAstronomers The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51 or NGC 5194, is a grand-design spiral galaxy with a prominent companion galaxy, NGC 5195, and is located about 23 million light-years away from our Milky Way galaxy Additional Reading: x.com/joehansenxx/st…
@MAstronomers Never really figured this out: if there are massive black holes at the center of most galaxies then why are they always depicted as the brightest part of the galaxy?
This majestic, swirling island of stars dances gracefully across the cosmic stage, in a ballet of gravity and supernova, a masterpiece painted by the hand of the universe. With its spiraling arms reaching out like cosmic tendrils, it invites our gaze to wander, pondering the enigmatic secrets that lie within its vast, swirling embrace.
@MAstronomers The whirlpool galaxy, by James Webb
@MAstronomers My sweet potatoes x.com/christianojnr7…
@MAstronomers My sweet potatoes x.com/christianojnr7…