Twelve million light-years away lies the galactic masterpiece Messier 83, also known as the Southern ... [+] Pinwheel Galaxy. Its swirling spiral arms display a high rate of star formation and ...
Messier 83 was discovered in 1752, but it wasn't realized that it's actually a galaxy outside the Milky Way until Edwin Hubble The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has captured one of the most prominent ...