Located in the constellation Leo, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 has long been a favorite among astronomers. NGC 3370 is part of a ...

NGC 7496, a dusty barred spiral galaxy located 24 million light-years away in the constellation Grus, harbors a ravenous ...

Located only 56 million light-years away in Ursa Major, NGC 4102 gives astronomers a nearby target to study how these active ...

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

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

NGC 6951 shines 70 million light-years away, its spiral arms feeding a brilliant central starburst ring bursting with new stars. This cosmic powerhouse reveals how bars shape galaxies and sustain ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...

In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This galaxy, shaped like our Milky Way, formed just a billion years after the Big ...

Not only is it relatively close to the Milky Way and one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky, but it's visible beside ...

No matter how many times we see photos of different galaxies in outer space, they never cease to amaze. On Wednesday, astronomers in Chile revealed a glimpse at Sculptor, a spiral galaxy that is 11 ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...