With all the (justifiable) hoopla about the James Webb Space Telescope, it might be possible to forget that the Hubble Space Telescope isn't done yet, and won't be for a few years.
An article like this serves as a good reminder.
NASA's Hubble Finds Spiraling Stars, Providing Window into Early Universe
Read the article, which has a link to the actual research paper. I'll provide the picture and the caption.
"The massive star cluster NGC 346, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, has long intrigued astronomers with its unusual shape. Now researchers using two separate methods have determined that this shape is partly due to stars and gas spiraling into the center of this cluster in a river-like motion. The red spiral superimposed on NGC 346 traces the movement of stars and gas toward the center. Scientists say this spiraling motion is the most efficient way to feed star formation from the outside toward the center of the cluster."
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