Hubble spies a UFO
Image date: 26 March 2012, 10:00
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a UFO — well, the UFO Galaxy, to be precise. NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy seen almost edge-on, giving it the shape of a classic science fiction spaceship. This is why the astronomers at the Astron...
![Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy
[Image Description: A spiral galaxy shown in mid-infrared light. The image is dominated by an extremely bright glow from the galaxy’s nucleus. Six large and two smaller rays of light emit from the centre, which are diffraction spikes created by the telescope’s optics. The galaxy’s spiral arms are visible by two lines of glowing orange bubbles which whirl out into the disc. Swirling blue clouds of dust make up the rest of the galaxy.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ipz7wp4enanb2fscqz375xps/bafkreibfcsy2qunirtopusn7bvncyt5ynf7r4mdrwnbef5quaralgypzwi)
