galaxies
Barred Spiral NGC 3895 Captured by Hubble
NGC 3895 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. It's about 145 million light years away from…
Rare “Ring Galaxy” Seen in the Early Universe
Astronomers have discovered a collisional ring galaxy that existed when the Universe was just 3 billion years old, a find…
A Massive Rotating Disc Discovered in the Early Universe
If we want to understand how the Universe evolves, we have to understand how its large structures form and evolve.…
This Dwarf Galaxy is all by Itself
In these days of social distancing, it appears this beautiful little galaxy is leading by example, sitting all by itself…
Hundreds of New Gravitational Lenses Discovered to Help Study the Distant Universe
General relativity tells us that everything, even light, is affected by the mass of an object. When a beam of…
Galaxies Like the Milky Way are the Best for Life
A new study indicates that, contrary to what has been previously argued, galaxies like our own may be the most…
This Galaxy Has Only One Spiral Arm
There are all kinds of odd things in the sky. Things that defy our naming conventions, and our attempts to…
This Galaxy is the Very Definition of “Flocculent”
I know you're Googling "flocculent" right now, unless you happen to be a chemist, or maybe a home brewer. You…
Blazar Found Blazing When the Universe was Only a Billion Years Old
A team of European scientists have observed the most distant "blazar" to date, an active galaxy that was around when…
Hubble Captured a Photo of This Huge Spiral Galaxy, 2.5 Times Bigger than the Milky Way With 10 Times the Stars
This galaxy looks a lot like our own Milky Way galaxy. But while our galaxy is actively forming lots of…