Elliptical galaxies lack the swirling arms of their more well-known siblings, spiral galaxies.Instead, they bear the rounded shape of an ellipse, a stretched-out circle.

Elliptical galaxies are, well, elliptical in shape. ... Jupiter will remain above both planets, brighter than Saturn, but outshined by Venus in that southeast sky before sunrise.

Astronomers have pulled back curtains of space dust to find a star-spangled show: a massive pair of galaxies smashing into each other to form, eventually, an even bigger elliptical galaxy, one ...

Galaxies are thought to form and grow by collisions and mergers, and elliptical galaxies may be the ultimate result of this ...

Giant elliptical galaxies are not likely to be havens for technological life, argues new paper. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured. Featured. Breaking News. White House Watch.

A "hockey stick galaxy," a raging sunspot, and Jupiter's other Red Spot this week in space. ... being stretched by the gravitational forces of nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 4627 and galaxy NGC 4631.

Elliptical galaxies are smooth and featureless, appearing blob-like and diffuse, unlike spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, which have a distinct structure of a central hub and stretching spiral ...

With their winding and buff arms made up of billions of stars, spiral galaxies offer some of the beautiful images of the universe. Our own Milky Way galaxy is a spiral galaxy, yet these types of ...

These compact elliptical galaxies are fairly rare. Until 2013, only 30 or so had been found, and they were all huddling next to giant galaxies near the center of large clusters of galaxies.

Modern galaxy classification schemes lean toward M86 as a lenticular (lens-shaped) galaxy, rather than a strict elliptical. Cranking up the power will reveal M86’s starlike core.

If you ever get out away from city lights and just stare up at the night sky, you might start noticing more than just the pinpricks of lights of individual stars. You may see smudges of light acros… ...

Astronomers have pulled back curtains of space dust to find a star-spangled show: a massive pair of galaxies smashing into each other to form, eventually, an even bigger elliptical galaxy, one ...