{"id":213927,"date":"2025-05-09T21:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/hubble\/hubble-comes-face-to-face-with-spirals-arms\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T21:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:02:21","slug":"hubble-comes-face-to-face-with-spirals-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=213927","title":{"rendered":"Hubble Comes Face-to-Face with Spiral\u2019s Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center 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Faint strands of stars extend from the tips of the spiral arms and out beyond the disk.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=3903&#038;h=3775&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 3903w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=300&#038;h=290&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=768&#038;h=743&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=990&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=1536&#038;h=1486&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=2048&#038;h=1981&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=400&#038;h=387&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=600&#038;h=580&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=900&#038;h=870&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=1161&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/spiral\/Hubble_NGC3596_potw2518a.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=1934&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3903px) 100vw, 3903px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This Hubble Space Telescope image showcases the spiral galaxy NGC 3596.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">ESA\/Hubble &#038; NASA, D. Thilker<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA\/ESA <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light. NGC 3596 is situated 90 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, the Lion. British astronomer Sir William Herschel first documented the galaxy in 1784.<\/p>\n<p>NGC 3596 appears almost perfectly face-on when viewed from Earth, showcasing the galaxy\u2019s neatly wound spiral arms. These bright arms hold concentrations of stars, gas, and dust that mark the area where star formation is most active, illustrated by the brilliant pink star-forming regions and young blue stars tracing NGC 3596\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n<p>What causes these spiral arms to form? It\u2019s a surprisingly difficult question to answer, partly because spiral galaxies are so diverse. Some have clear spiral arms, while others have patchy, feathery arms. Some have prominent bars across their centers, while others have compact, circular nuclei. Some have close neighbors, while others are isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Early ideas of how spiral arms formed stumped astronomers with the \u2018winding problem\u2019. If a galaxy\u2019s spiral arms are coherent structures, its arms would wind tighter and tighter as the galaxy spins, until the arms are no longer visible. Now, researchers believe that spiral arms represent a pattern of high-density and low-density areas rather than a physical structure. As stars, gas, and dust orbit within a galaxy\u2019s disk, they pass in and out of the spiral arms. 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