Spiral galaxy is a stunning cosmic wheel in head-turning image
By Robert Lea
Published on March 3, 2026.
Astronomers have captured an image of a spiral galaxy, NGC 941, which is located around 55 million light-years away from Earth and is considered an "intermediate spiral galaxy" by definition. The image shows a spinning spiral galaxy with prominent central dark lanes of cosmic dust, indicating ongoing star formation. NGA 941 also appears to show more distant background galaxies.
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