Generated during the initial camera commissioning in June 2025, the discovery stems from the observatory's Virgo First Look ...

Among a "field of galaxies;" the James Webb Space Telescope captured spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648, a billion light-years from ...

NGC 7496, a dusty barred spiral galaxy located 24 million light-years away in the constellation Grus, harbors a ravenous ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) hasn't yet begun its much-anticipated Legacy Survey of Space and Time. But it saw its first ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the glittering spiral galaxy NGC 6951, where a central bar fuels a spectacular ring of ...

NGC 6951 shines 70 million light-years away, its spiral arms feeding a brilliant central starburst ring bursting with new stars. This cosmic powerhouse reveals how bars shape galaxies and sustain ...

ALMA observations of incredibly distant spiral galaxy BRI 1335-0417 revealed seismic ripples across the realm. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The Hubble telescope has captured a spiral galaxy "face-on," with pink and orange bubbles depicting various star formations. The image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, a joint project of NASA and ...

A frequent sign of the maturity of a spiral galaxy is the formation of a ribbon of stars and gas that slices across the nucleus, like the slash across a “no smoking” sign. In a landmark study of more ...

M51 is a grand-design spiral galaxy about 25 million light-years away from Earth and boasts very well-developed arms. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 29, 2023 4:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

The barred spiral galaxy UGC 678 takes centre stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The spectacular galaxy lies around 260 million light-years from Earth in the constellation ...