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The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is viewed face-on in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different ...

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The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

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Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found "Space Jaws." Lurking 600 million ...

Along with a number of neighbouring galaxies — including our closest galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy — it forms what ...

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However, not all spiral galaxies are created equal, as two recent images from the Hubble Space Telescope show. The image above shows galaxy NGC 3596, a neat and orderly spiral galaxy. And the image ...

NASA and the European Space Agency recently shared an image of an oddly shaped spiral galaxy located about 190 million ...

Arp 184’s single broad arm hints at a unique past, earning it a place in a famous catalog of peculiar galaxies.