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Pasha et al. detected nine rings around LEDA 1313424, a ring galaxy approximately 567 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. They also confirmed which galaxy dove through LEDA 1313424, creating these rings: the blue dwarf galaxy that sits to its immediate center-left. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Imad Pasha & Pieter van Dokkum, Yale University.

Astronomers Detect Nine Star-Filled Rings around Giant Galaxy

Feb 4, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

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...

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