The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The tenuous disc of the galaxy is threaded through with ...
Scientists estimate over 100 billion galaxies in the universe, each unique in shape and size, revealing the vastness of cosmic creation.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a neighboring galaxy located around 11 million light-years from Earth. The highly irregular galaxy, ESO 174-1, resembles a hazy cloud against a dark backdrop ...
Lying some 85 million light years away, tucked deep within the Ursa Major constellation, lies the galaxy NGC 2814. Unlike the eye-catching, spiral-shaped family of galaxies (of which the Milky Way is ...
Just in time for Santa's arrival, NASA has shared an image of a galaxy that looks just like what it describes as a "sparkling snow globe." The galaxy, named UGC 8091, is situated around 7 million ...
At 11 million light-years away, the galaxy is one of our nearest cosmic companions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Hubble ...
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The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, which incorporates six different wavelengths of light. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker You might ...
Data from the Hubble Space Telescope produced this new image of the galaxy UGC 8091. ESA / Hubble, NASA, ESA, Yumi Choi (NSF's NOIRLab), Karoline Gilbert (STScI), Julianne Dalcanton (Center for ...
On Nov. 20, 1889, Edwin Hubble was born in Marshfield, Missouri. His 1923 observations of the Andromeda Galaxy and a Cepheid ...