232 million light-years away: 7 stunning images of spiral galaxies captured by NASA

Andromeda Galaxy: A barred spiral galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.

Grand Design Spiral Galaxy: The spiral arms extend clearly around the galaxy, covering a significant portion of the galaxy's circumference.

UGC 2885 (Rubin's Galaxy): A giant spiral galaxy, larger than the Milky Way. Located 232 million light-years away in the Perseus constellation.

IC 342 (The Hidden Galaxy): A spiral galaxy obscured by the Milky Way’s dust clouds. About 10 million light-years away in the Camelopardalis constellation.

Whirlpool Galaxy: Also known as Messier 51a, it is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.

Hubble Spots a Grand Spiral of Starbursts: The sparkling scene in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of spiral galaxy NGC 5248.

Two spiral galaxies take the shape of a colorful beaded mask that sits above the nose and is angled from top left to bottom right.