Stunning image reveals a 'fluffy galaxy' 67 million light-years away - Daily Mail

NASA's Hubble telescope has taken an incredible image of a 'fluffy' galaxy (pictured). It is called NGC 2275 and is located around 67 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cancer.

The arms of NCG 2275 are comprised of gas clouds which have spread over time due to the galaxy's rotation and are divided by large swathes of dust.

Other spiral galaxies, such as the Milky Way (pictured), have more defined, crisper arms?

The arms of NCG 2275 are comprised of gas clouds which have spread over time due to the galaxy's rotation.

'Millions of bright, young, blue stars shine in the complex, feather-like spiral arms, interlaced with dark lanes of dust,' ESA says in a statement.  .

'The overall feather-like spiral patterns of the arms are then formed by shearing of the gas clouds as the galaxy rotates. 

'The spiral nature of flocculent galaxies stands in contrast to the grand-design spirals, which have prominent, well defined-spiral arms.'

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