Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy Rotating Out of Sync with Itself

This Hubble image shows NGC 4698, a barred spiral galaxy some 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Thilker, MAUVE-HST Team.

A barred spiral galaxy called NGC 4698 has a bizarre structure in which its central stars and gas rotate perpendicular to the galaxy’s main disk, possibly because it acquired material from outside.

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