In what has to be one of the most stunning images ever taken of any galaxy, ever, we come across Messier 81 (also known as Bode's Galaxy), which lurks about 12 million light-years from Earth in the ...

This is “Looking UP! in southern Colorado,” from the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society. I’m Hal Bidlack, and there are lots of reasons to look up! Charles Messier was a French astronomer in the ...

The beautiful galaxy Messier 81 is tilted at an oblique angle on to our line of sight, giving a "birds-eye view" of the spiral structure. The galaxy is similar to our Milky Way, but our favourable ...

This is M81 (also known as Messier 81, or Bode’s Galaxy). It can be found approximately 12 million light-years away from Earth, toward the constellation of Ursa Major. It should go without saying (it ...

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies — a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner blazing with smoky star formation. NASA’s ...

ESA’s spaceborne X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has carried out an exclusive observation of the galaxy Messier 82, for the ‘100 Hours of Astronomy’ cornerstone project for the International Year of ...

The Spitzer Telescope launched 16 years ago, in August 2003. To celebrate its sweet 16, NASA has shared 16 of the most beautiful space images captured by the infrared telescope. This beautiful cluster ...

Students and staff at UCL’s teaching observatory, the University of London Observatory, have spotted one of the closest supernovae to Earth in recent decades. At 19:20 GMT on 21 January, a team of ...