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Hubble Telescope finds galaxy with puzzling shape photo of the day for Sept. 29, 2025

Hubble Telescope finds galaxy with puzzling shape photo of the day for Sept. 29, 2025
general9/29/2025

The Hubble Space Telescope saw a galaxy that has features of both elliptical and spiral galaxies, puzzling experts.

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have a flat disk, winding spiral arms and ongoing star formation. Ellipticals tend toward smooth, featureless ellipsoids with olde... [1401 chars]