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The Hubble Space Telescope captures the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 in the constellation Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs).
The spiral galaxy NGC 6946 in Cygnus has seen 10 supernovae in the past century, earning it the nickname the Fireworks Galaxy ...
Astronomers have captured a stunning, detailed image of the nearby Sculptor galaxy, spanning an impressive 65,000 light years ...
The highly inclined barred spiral M108 in Ursa Major is sometimes called the Surfboard Galaxy. It's not to be missed.
The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...
The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image reached the telescope after a journey of ...
This stunning Hubble view of spiral galaxy UGC 11397 captures more than graceful arms and glowing stars—it hides a ravenous ...
Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...
Researchers believe that this global burst of star formation came out because of NGC 4449’s interactions with its galactic neighbors.
NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of the active galactic center in spiral galaxy UGC 11397, located in the ...
Messier 77, captured by Hubble, also known as the Squid Galaxy, is a swirling spiral 45 million light-years away in Cetus, the constellation named for a whale. It was discovered in 1780 by Pierre ...