M51 is a grand-design spiral galaxy about 25 million light-years away from Earth and boasts very well-developed arms. By Laura Baisas. Published Aug 29, 2023 4:00 PM EDT.

In 2011, scientists imaging M51 with Hubble hoped to capture the galaxy with the JWST one day. That day has arrived. With a hypnotic new image released on Tuesday (Aug. 29), the James Webb Space ...

Why it matters — M51-ULS-1b is the first exoplanet candidate astronomers have found orbiting a star in another galaxy; Di Stefano and her colleagues call it an “extroplanet.” “The search ...

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51 (M51), will be excellently positioned for observation in the evening sky over the next few weeks.But, the galaxy, shaped somewhat like a spiral ...

The graceful winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 stretch across this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

This image of the spiral galaxy M51 has been named the top James Webb Space Telescope image of 2023 by the public. A World Cup-style knockout poll on the Webb Telescope Twitter feed produced the ...

The graceful winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 stretch across this image from the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope.

Each month ESA chooses one image to be its Image of the Month, and this month it chose a spectacular picture of spiral galaxy M51, also known as NGC 5194. M51 lies about 27 million light-years ...

The spiral galaxy M51 is shown here, as captured by Hubble in 2005. Another small, yellowish galaxy can be seen at the outermost tip of one of the arms.

This image showcases a pair of actively forming stars called Herbig-Haro 46/47. This space object is reportedly a few thousand years old. This space object is known as a spiral galaxy M51 located ...

The Whirlpool is a face-on spiral galaxy that shows off both its bright nucleus and winding arms. Shining at magnitude 8.4, ... This is M51’s companion galaxy, magnitude 9.6 NGC 5195.

The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, is a spiral galaxy located 31 million light-years away. Photo Credit: NASA With their glowing arms and bright centres, spiral galaxies showcase the beauty of space.