The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope recently released a chilling view of two spiral galaxies, IC ...

This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows an irregular galaxy, the spindly arms and clawed shape of which has led to it being named the Spider Galaxy. Located 30 million light-years away ...

The National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) has released images of five galaxies in the local universe, taken with the ...

The Hubble Classification, also known as the Hubble Sequence, is a widely recognized method for systematically categorizing ...

A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...

The LMC is a dwarf galaxy, relatively close to the Earth (in galactic terms) at around 160,000 light years away. That may ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 6956. The galaxy is located "214 million light-years ...

For an astronomical object (e.g. a star or a galaxy) at a known distance from the Earth, the Hubble constant can be used to predict how fast it should be moving away from us. However, the true value ...

A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out of a cosmic cannon. A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out ...

The gauzy-looking celestial body UGC 5829 is an irregular galaxy that lies about 30 million light-years away. The Little Dumbbell Nebula, located 3,400 light-years away, is found in the northern ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the "queen's hair." The galactic duo, formally known as MCG+05-31-045, is located 390 ...