Along with a number of neighbouring galaxies — including our closest galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy — it forms what is referred to as the “Local Group” of galaxies, a galactic agglomeration ...

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 ...

characterised by retrograde orbits and elliptical trajectories, located beyond Saturn's rings. Scientists speculate that a ...

a catalog of galaxies that are neither perfectly symmetrical spiral galaxies nor smooth, spherical elliptical galaxies. First ...

Included in the image are (from top to bottom) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ... It is also called the “Cigar Galaxy” because of the elliptical shape produced by the oblique tilt of its starry ...