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The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The galaxy is about 37 million light years away in the Columbia constellation.
Conch shells A spiky shell with a golden ratio spiral. (Photo: Fontana/Shutterstock) Spiral aloe A spiral aloe plant sits in a gardening pot. (Photo: PhotoSky/Shutterstock) Spiderwebs ...
Humpback whales created a mesmerizing Fibonacci spiral of bubbles to capture fish in Antarctica Your teacher was right – math is everywhere, and it turns out that even whales use it. Stunning ...
Roughly speaking, the spiral of the chambered nautilus triples in radius with each full turn whereas a golden-ratio spiral grows by a factor of about 6.85 per full turn.
Cathy Scola / Getty Images Romanesco broccoli (which, despite its name, is a hybrid between broccoli and cauliflower) grows in a golden spiral, a pattern based on the golden ratio. The spiral gets ...