Hubble has captured a new image of NGC 2775, a galaxy with features of both spiral and elliptical types. Its smooth center ...

A baby galaxy is throwing one heck of a tantrum, and it's shaking up our understanding of the earliest galaxies.

Hubble’s striking view of NGC 4571 reveals a glittering spiral galaxy alive with newborn stars and glowing pink nebulae.

The European Space Agency's Euclid mission—designed to map the geometry of the dark universe with unprecedented ...

Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

Dave Eicher, Editor Emeritus for *Astronomy* magazine, encourages evening skygazers to observe the Pinwheel Galaxy. The Pinwheel Galaxy is also known by its alternative designation, the Triangulum ...

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Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones. The image also reveals traces of ancient supernovae still glowing faintly ...

NGC 2775 has features of both spiral and elliptical galaxies. Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have a flat disk, ...

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has captured evidence of a white dwarf star consuming the remnants of a Pluto-like object - a scenario that may predict what will happen to planets in our own ...

Behind the dusty clouds of the Cigar Galaxy lies a dazzling powerhouse of star formation, where stars are being born ten times faster than in the Milky Way. Astronomers using the Hubble Space ...