A spiral galaxy's brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

It is located 45 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, known as the Whale. The post NASA reveals ‘beacon of ...

In the case of NGC 4394, scientists believe that gravitational interaction with a nearby galaxy may have pushed gas toward ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light show, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) captures stunning views of barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ...

Astronomers have observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral galaxy in the early Universe and found that it has important similarities and differences with modern galaxies. This improves our ...

Hubble images never fail to amaze.

We are living in a golden age of Milky Way research and exploration. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Milky Way is a barred ...

A new Hubble Space Telescope image of barred spiral galaxy IC 486 reveals how its sweeping arms and central bar shape star formation and galactic growth. Located 380 million light-years away, IC 486 ...

First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Herschel, NGC 613 is a galaxy that lies in the southern constellation of Sculptor, 67 million light-years away. Featured here in an image ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672. This remarkable image provides a high definition view of the galaxy’s large bar, ...