UMass-Amherst: Astronomers Find One of the Oldest Barred-Spiral Galaxies in the Universe
January 09, 2026
January 09, 2026
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news:
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Astronomers Find one of the Oldest Barred-Spiral Galaxies in the Universe
Research led by Daniel Ivanov, who earned his undergraduate degree at UMass Amherst studying under Professor of Astronomy Mauro Giavalisco and is now a physics and astronomy graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, has uncovered a contender for one of the earliest observed spira . . .
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Astronomers Find one of the Oldest Barred-Spiral Galaxies in the Universe
Research led by Daniel Ivanov, who earned his undergraduate degree at UMass Amherst studying under Professor of Astronomy Mauro Giavalisco and is now a physics and astronomy graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, has uncovered a contender for one of the earliest observed spira . . .