Feb 4, 2025 · This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released on Feb. 4, 2025, shows the gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye.A far smaller blue dwarf galaxy went through the Bullseye’s center, leaving nine star-filled rings. Astronomers using Hubble identified eight visible rings, more than previously detected by any telescope in any …

Feb 8, 2025 · NASA ’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an extraordinary cosmic bullseye. The massive galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine distinct, star-filled rings — far more than astronomers have ever seen in a single galaxy. The cause? A much smaller blue dwarf galaxy that plunged straight through its center like an arrow hitting a target.

Feb 6, 2025 · The Bullseye Galaxy. The blue dwarf galaxy that punched through its center is on the left. (NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha/Yale, Pieter van Dokkum/Yale) "We're catching the Bullseye at a very special moment in time," says astronomer Pieter van Dokkum of Yale University. "There's a very narrow window after the impact when a galaxy like this would have so ...

Feb 4, 2025 · A Yale-led team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic rarity: a super-sized galaxy with nine concentric rings. Officially known as LEDA 1313424, the “Bullseye” galaxy got its rings about 50 million years ago after a much smaller galaxy collided with its midsection — like a cosmic dart landing dead center in a game of Knockout at the local pub.

Feb 5, 2025 · Around 50 million years ago, a blue dwarf galaxy shot through the center of an enormous galaxy more than twice the size of the Milky Way, called LEDA 1313424. Now, astronomers have revealed the...

6 days ago · The discovery of a galaxy sporting nine concentric rings of stars sheds light on how such ring galaxies form and evolve 1. In a pond hit by a rock, circular ripples spread outwards from the impact ...

Feb 4, 2025 · The blue dwarf galaxy's straight trajectory through the Bullseye later caused material to move both inward and outward in waves, setting off new regions of star formation. How big is the Bullseye? Our Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years in diameter, and the Bullseye is almost two-and-a-half times larger, at 250,000 light-years across.

Feb 4, 2025 · How big is the Bullseye? Our Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years in diameter, and the Bullseye is almost two-and-a-half times larger, at 250,000 light-years across. The researchers used Hubble’s crisp vision to carefully pinpoint the location of most of its rings, since many are piled up at the center, and used Keck Observatory’s ...

Feb 4, 2025 · NASA's Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture an incredible image of a galaxy that looks an awful lot like a bullseye. "This was a serendipitous discovery," said Imad Pasha, the lead...

Feb 6, 2025 · Astronomers have spotted a "bull's-eye" galaxy with a whopping nine rings, smashing the previous record by six rings. The discovery of the galaxy, known as LEDA 1313424, is helping...