At least some evidence suggests that NGC 2775 developed its odd shape after merging with other galaxies eons ago. While not ...

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May's latest book explores the history, mystery and evolution of galaxies in a way never tried ...

US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera has captured imagery of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512 and its neighbor ...

Although NGC 1511 is striking in appearance, it is not the kind of galaxy most would hope to live beside. Featured in this ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Spiral galaxy IC 1954 is located approximately 45 million light-years from Earth in the ...

The galaxy NGC 2775, located 67 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cancer, has an unusual shape that ...

Brecher's image reveals spectacular detail in the spiral arms of the 14,000- light-year wide galaxy, where dense dust lanes can be seen darkening the sea of stars and interstellar dust and gas that ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Andre van der Hoeven (Netherlands) combined different datasets in the archives of the Hubble ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, which incorporates six different wavelengths of light. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker You might ...

The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The tenuous disc of the galaxy is threaded through with ...