Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...

"It looks like it has been through some kind of event that caused it to form a lot of stars and then just shut down” ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

NGC 4826: Also called the "Black Eye Galaxy," this captivating spiral galaxy lies 17 million light-years away in the Coma Berenices constellation. Thanks For Reading!

The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.

By far the most common type of galaxy, spiral galaxies have a bright, dense core of stars collected in a central globe, from ...

This rare quasar with spiral arms could help astronomers understand how supermassive black holes feed and grow.