Researchers participating in the PHANGS collaboration, or Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby Galaxies, are using the telescope's infrared capabilities to study 19 spiral galaxies. “The PHANGS team has spent years observing these galaxies at optical, radio, and ultraviolent wavelengths using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, and the Very Large Telescope’s Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer,” said Adam Leroy, a PHANGS team member and professor of astronomy.