W hile reviewing a survey of the sky taken in 2019, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope spotted LEDA 1313424. The galaxy is nicknamed Bullseye and is 2.5 times larger than our Milky Way.

LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings — six more than any other known galaxy. High-resolution imagery from NASA’s ...

In addition to setting records, LEDA 1313424's rings help to confirm past predictions about how such galactic structures form. "That theory was developed for the day that someone saw so many rings ...

Because the object’s name, LEDA 1313424, doesn’t roll off the tongue, his team nicknamed it the Bullseye. This Hubble image reveals why it’s an apt moniker: The galaxy boasts nine rings, six ...

The blue dwarf galaxy not only left behind eight "ripples," or star-filled rings similar to those formed when a rock breaks the surface of a pond, but also triggered new regions of star formation in ...

LEDA 1313424, nicknamed the Bullseye, appears next to the small blue dwarf galaxy on its immediate left. NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha (Yale), Pieter van Dokkum (Yale) Around 50 million years ago, a blue ...

Artist impression comparing the size of our own Milky Way galaxy to gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424, aka Bullseye. Spotting a galaxy with nine impact rings is almost beyond rare; not just for the ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an 'arrow' -- a far smaller blue dwarf galaxy -- shot ...

LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings — six more than any other known galaxy. High-resolution imagery from NASA’s ...

The Hubble Space Telescope just imaged a massive bullseye in space: LEDA 1313424, or the Bullseye Galaxy, which is about 2.5 times the size of the Milky Way.

LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings — six more than any other known galaxy. | Credit: NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha (Yale ...

LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings — six more than any other known galaxy. (Image credit: NASA, ...