A massive barred spiral galaxy from 11.1 billion years ago has been discovered, showing star-forming activity and gas ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has once again delivered a visually stunning look into the heart of the universe, ...

The Knife Edge Galaxy is located some 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco, according to NASA. NGC ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 6956. The galaxy is located "214 million light-years ...

NGC 685, a smaller cousin of our Milky Way, dazzles with youthful energy as newborn stars light up its spiral arms.

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that, surprisingly, is shaped much ...

A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, long considered inevitable, may be in question ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a luminous tangle of stars and dust called the barred spiral galaxy NGC ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...

Hubble captures stunning barred spiral galaxy NGC 3507 in Leo’s night s NGC 3507 forms a hidden galactic duo with its spiral companion, NGC 350 NGC 3501 lies just beyond Hubble’s view, yet travels clo ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...