[Hubble'samazing celestial spiral photo.] The photo shows an unusual pre-planetary nebula calledIRAS 23166+1655 as it is forming around the dust-shrouded star LL Pegasi in theconstellation Pegasus.

This unique angle gives astronomers the chance to see how spiral galaxies are structured in 3D. Related: Space photo of the ...

It shows that spiral galaxies were formed as early as 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. The photo was taken as part of a study published in the peer-reviewed Science journal on Thursday.

Related: The best Hubble Space Telescope images of all time! NGC 772's overdeveloped spiral arm stretches across the foreground of the new image, toward the left-hand edge of the frame.

"Peculiar" spiral galaxy Arp 184 or NGC 1961 as captured by NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope. | Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz), C. Kilpatrick Arp 184 or NGC ...

The site of SN 1957D is located on the inner edge of the spiral arm just above the galaxy's center, marked with a box in the photo. Analysis of the energy levels of the X-rays coming from SN 1957D ...