In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope peers into the spiral galaxy NGC 1317 in the constellation Fornax, located ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning imagery of barred spiral galaxy UGC 678. The galaxy is located about 260 million ...

Rather than solid arms, spiral galaxies may show density waves—regions where matter slows down and bunches up, like cars in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The ...

Why it's so special: What if a galaxy had only one spiral arm? Our solar system resides on the outskirts of one of the Milky ...

1. Andromeda Galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy at 2.5 million light-years, it’s massive, visible to the naked eye, and heading toward the Milky Way. 2. Triangulum Galaxy is a small ...

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 ...

A beautiful but skewed spiral galaxy dazzles in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy, called Arp 184 or NGC 1961, sits about 190 million light-years away from Earth in the ...

NASA and the European Space Agency recently shared an image of NGC 1961, an oddly shaped spiral galaxy located about 190 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis, or "The ...

Most large and spiral-shaped galaxies have a black hole ... suggesting a supermassive black hole in the middle of a nearby galaxy called Messier 83, or M83. Earlier, there were hints that there ...

NASA and the European Space Agency recently shared an image of NGC 1961, an oddly shaped spiral galaxy located about 190 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis, or "The Giraffe," ...

The James Webb Space Telescope takes a snapshot of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, some 15 million light-years away from Earth. Credit: ESA / NASA / CSA / A. Adamo Scientists have found an unusual ...