Hubble Space Telescope Spotted a Strange Galaxy

While there’s a lot we don’t know about space, we’re more or less sure of some things: Planets become spherical, black holes don’t let even light escape, galaxies look more or less alike. However, there are some exceptions to the last of these. One of these exceptions NGC 1156 named galaxy.

From the world 25 million light years away The structure of the galaxy in the constellation of Aries resembles bright red leaves spread out into space, unlike the galaxies we are used to. The European Space Agency (ESA) has stated that “A marvel of galactic morphology” defines as.

Much different from other galaxies

“One thousand bright stars resembles a spiral galaxy but lacks the characteristic spiral structure.” ESA made the statement, “It still emits a familiar glow, like elliptical galaxies and older, red stars at their centre.” used the phrases.

The red flares in the images, intense star formation showing the regions. The intense energy of the galaxy also comes from these star clusters. Ionized hydrogen gas is emanating from these young stars into space, giving the stars their red glow reminiscent of clove leaves.

Spiral galaxies usually have older, less luminous stars at the center. Around these stars, a large disk of hot, young stars rotates. NGC 1156 Although it has older stars at the centre, its young stars do not form a spiral disk. For this reason, researchers classify this galaxy as a dwarf irregular galaxy.

On the other hand, the galaxy also has a feature that allows it to maintain this shape. NGC 1156 is also an isolated galaxy is called. In other words, there is no other galaxy in the distance that can affect its shape.