This is M88, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. M88 has a visual magnitude of +9.4 and is 65 million light ...

Andre van der Hoeven (Netherlands) combined different datasets in the archives of the Hubble Space Telescope to create this ...

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery that challenges current theories of galaxy formation. A colossal disk-shaped ...

Scientists, using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, have found that the Milky Way’s graceful spiral structure is primarily shaped by two arms extending from a central bar of stars.

Charles Messier was an 18th century comet hunter who compiled a list of nebulae and star clusters – objects that could be mistaken for comets in a small telescope. His ...

Time-lapse video taken from Croatia at around 4 p.m. EST, or 9 p.m. local time, shows the glowing light spinning across the sky in what many social media commentators likened to a spiral galaxy.

The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three times the size of the Milky Way. Like our own galaxy, a supermassive ...

The Milky Way (bottom) compared to the larger galaxy 2MASX J23453268-0449256. Credit: Bagchi and Ray et al / Hubble Space Telescope The cosmic quandary of the expansive spiral galaxy 2MASX ...

An undated image from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope shows an outflow from a nearby still-forming star in infrared light, with a spiral galaxy off in the distance. (NASA via AP) 32,615 people ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic anomaly that challenges our understanding of the universe. An international ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop. After years of delays ...