A Galaxy Spinning Out of Sync
Posted by Guy Pirro | 09/21/2026 02:38PM | Comments
Though the spiral galaxy in this Hubble image seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over one thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by gravity.
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