For over a century, astronomers have marveled at the beauty and complexity of spiral galaxies, which feature arms covered in ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive spiral disk galaxy, much larger than expected, in the early universe.

"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ...

Galaxies are titanic swarms of tens of millions to trillions of stars. Between the stars, there can be vast interstellar clouds of gas and dust. Spiral galaxies have a thin, pancake-shaped disk ...

This dwarf galaxy is located at the tail end of a filament of gas attached to the spiral galaxy dubbed "NGC 3314A." Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events ...

This not-too-distant celestial body (it's only 42 million light-years away!) is a spiral galaxy much like Earth's own Milky Way. But because of where we are and how it's situated, Hubble's photo ...

It also has a bright central region. NGC 4388 is inclined 79 o from face-on and is a dusty SA(s)b spiral. If this galaxy had ...

The image, which was originally revealed back in January 2013, is a composite of a giant barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 6872. This beautiful and shining galaxy is believed to be the largest ...

If you see a pair of bright eyes in the inky depths of space, you’re seeing what a team of astronomers spied last year—a rare formation created by the grazing collision of two spiral galaxies.

Its discoveries are always impressive, such as the revelation of new young galaxies. Due to a recent study, the JWST has found a new spiral galaxy that contains all the elements of modern galaxies ...