{"id":506818,"date":"2026-05-06T21:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/they-identify-a-spiral-galaxy-53-million-light-years-away-and-discover-a-black-hole-at-its-center\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:41:59","slug":"they-identify-a-spiral-galaxy-53-million-light-years-away-and-discover-a-black-hole-at-its-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/technology\/they-identify-a-spiral-galaxy-53-million-light-years-away-and-discover-a-black-hole-at-its-center\/","title":{"rendered":"They identify a spiral galaxy 53 million light-years away and discover a black hole at its center"},"content":{"rendered":"The NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed with unprecedented precision the structure of NGC 3137, a spiral galaxy located 53 million light-years away. This observation, built from six different color bands, offers a key perspective to understand the development and life cycle of stars.\n\nAccording to NASA, <strong>NGC 3137<\/strong> is located in the constellation <strong>Antlia<\/strong> (The Air Pump).\n\nResearchers have identified the existence of more than 500 candidate dwarf galaxies within this environment, although the definitive catalog of these smaller groupings is still under review, reported the Hubble scientific team.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/salud\/ciencia\/2026\/05\/05\/descubren-una-red-oculta-en-el-craneo-que-podria-participar-en-la-defensa-del-cerebro-como-funciona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\n\nScientists catalog more than 500 dwarf galaxies in the vicinity of NGC 3137, providing data on cosmic evolution (Infobae Illustrative Image)\n\nThrough the study of this galactic group, scientists can analyze fundamental questions about <strong>the dynamics<\/strong> and internal evolution of our own <strong>Milky Way<\/strong>, providing an essential comparative mirror for contemporary astronomy.\n\nIn one of the most detailed observations, the <strong>Hubble<\/strong> camera managed to capture the silhouette and structural details of <strong>NGC 3137<\/strong> thanks to its inclination with respect to Earth. This orientation allowed researchers to appreciate its \"diffuse and feathery spiral structure\", a quality that distinguishes this galaxy from others observed by the telescope over three decades of operations.\n\n\n<p><strong>We recommend reading:<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/tecnologia\/telescopio-hubble-capta-una-galaxia-espiral-con-forma-irregular\/\">Hubble Telescope captures a spiral galaxy with an irregular shape<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/america\/ciencia-america\/2026\/05\/05\/el-jugo-natural-que-puede-potenciar-el-efecto-de-los-antibioticos-contra-las-infecciones-urinarias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>One of the most outstanding aspects of the recent photographic record is the\u00a0<strong>central core<\/strong>\u00a0of NGC 3137. The Hubble has confirmed the presence of a\u00a0<strong>supermassive black hole<\/strong>\u00a0whose mass is estimated to be\u00a0<strong>60 million times that of the Sun<\/strong>, according to the NASA report. In the images, this bright center appears surrounded by an intricate network of fine dust clouds. The relationship between the black hole and the star-forming regions is a matter of study to understand the evolutionary processes of spiral galaxies.<\/p>\n\n\nThe image also documents other relevant objects in the visual field: some <strong>Milky Way stars<\/strong> in the foreground are distinguished, briefly intersecting the same line of sight, as well as <strong>background galaxies<\/strong> much more remote. The analysis of star clusters in 55 galaxies will help compare the evolution of spiral systems in the nearby universe (Illustrative Image Infobae)\n\nThe main interest of the current observation campaign (program no. 17502, under the direction of principal investigator D. Thilker) lies in the analysis of the <strong>dense clusters of blue stars<\/strong> and the <strong>glowing red gas clouds<\/strong> that dot NGC 3137. These formations indicate the existence of <strong>young and hot stars<\/strong> still enveloped in their birth nebulae, as documented by the Hubble scientific team.\n\nIn the words of NASA, \"star clusters in the galaxy grab all the attention\" because they constitute direct records of stellar life in different phases: from the formation of new stars to the oldest stellar populations, born in the early years of their host galaxy's life. The study is part of a broader campaign that includes observations of star clusters in 55 nearby galaxies, which will allow for comparison and contrast of stellar evolution in spiral systems with similar characteristics.\n\nAs the Hubble team pointed out, a spiral galaxy is characterized by a rotating disk and curved arms that emerge from a dense central region. This structural model defines both <strong>NGC 3137<\/strong> and the <strong>Milky Way<\/strong> itself, reinforcing the value of these studies for understanding the history and projection of our galaxy.\n\nThe Hubble redefines the study of spiral galaxies with high-resolution images and findings in Andromeda, NGC 1073, and NGC 1300\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hubble:-tres-decadas-de-imagenes-que-redefinen-el-estudio-de-galaxias-espirales\"><strong>Hubble: Three Decades of Images Redefining the Study of Spiral Galaxies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nFor over 30 years, the <strong>Hubble Space Telescope<\/strong> has provided high-resolution images of the arms and structures of numerous <strong>spiral galaxies<\/strong>. The observation of <strong>Andromeda<\/strong>, another large spiral galaxy, stands out for capturing more than <strong>100 million stars<\/strong>, setting a new standard of precision for this field of research, according to NASA in its mission history.\n\nAdditionally, most spiral galaxies in the Universe have a&nbsp;<strong>bar structure<\/strong>&nbsp;in their central sector. The images obtained by the Hubble of&nbsp;<strong>NGC 1073<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>NGC 1300<\/strong>&nbsp;illustrate this characteristic with particular clarity, expanding the spectrum of morphological analysis possible from the terrestrial orbit.\n\nAlso p\n\nThe detailed observation of <strong>NGC 3137<\/strong> not only broadens the knowledge about the composition and dynamics of nearby spiral systems, but also enriches the inventory of comparisons with our <strong>Milky Way<\/strong> and other similar galaxies, consolidating the data obtained by the <strong>Hubble<\/strong> as an essential reference in 21st-century astronomy.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NASA and ESA&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope has revealed with unprecedented precision the structure of NGC 3137, a spiral galaxy located 53 million light-years away. This observation, built from six different color bands, offers a key perspective to understand the development and life cycle of stars. According to NASA, NGC 3137 is located in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":506819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[43679,43680],"class_list":{"0":"post-506818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-antlia","9":"tag-the-nasa"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/F33CWJBDIFHX5OT6EOWAF7KRXQ.avif","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Technology"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/F33CWJBDIFHX5OT6EOWAF7KRXQ.avif"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}