MUSE survey, an international team of astronomers has inspected a nuclear star cluster of the nearby large spiral galaxy ...

This spectacular image highlights the majestic spiral galaxy Messier 106 and its diminutive neighbors, as well as a dense field of background galaxies and foreground stars. This may be the best view ...

This new Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy Messier 83, otherwise known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. One of the largest and closest barred spirals to us, this galaxy is dramatic and mysterious; ...

The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 has swallowed an entire medium-sized galaxy over the last billion years. For the first time a team of astronomers has been able to track the motions of 300 ...

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have succeeded in measuring the size of giant galaxy Messier 87 and were surprised to find that its outer parts have been stripped away by still unknown ...

Messier 61 is a spiral galaxy. The galaxy is beautiful with shades of pink and blue. The wings of the galaxy are made up of stars and gas, resembling a pinwheel in motion. There is a black hole at the ...

Galaxies come in all shapes and sizes, and the galaxies most pleasing to the eye are always in the most recognizable shapes. Dramatic spirals with outstretched arms, bursting with newborn stars are ...

NASA has added a further 12 images to its already stunning Hubble gallery of Messier deep-sky objects. The updated collection highlights the technological strides that humanity has made since Charles ...

Jan. 10 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered a Milky Way-like galaxy with surprisingly few satellite galaxies. The findings may force cosmologists to revise current galaxy formation models. Scientists ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a stunning ...

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 - This picture taken on September 25th, 2019 shows The Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976, in the Milky Way.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / ...