Spiral Arms

Regions of stars and interstellar matter that extend from the center of spiral galaxies, forming a spiral pattern; in the Milky Way, these include the Orion Arm where our Solar System resides.

Source: esa.int

APODs including "Spiral Arms"

In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61

24/06/2025

NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble

19/06/2025

Facing NGC 3344

08/06/2025

Irregular Dwarf Galaxy Sextans A

29/05/2025

Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb

26/05/2025

Curly Spiral Galaxy M63

22/05/2025

Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy

13/05/2025

Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82

07/05/2025

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335

26/04/2025

38 Hours with the M81 Group

10/04/2025

HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb

09/04/2025

NGC 4414: A Flocculent Spiral Galaxy

07/04/2025