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

This eyepiece sight is similar to that of Saturn's ring but much ... star formation lends mystery to the galaxy. Although it shows signs of spiral and elliptical galaxies, it does not have ...

6 - A planetary quartet to the east The four planets Venus, Saturn, Neptune and Mercury ... years from now to form an even larger elliptical galaxy. During spring, the Andromeda galaxy is best ...

Viewed nearly edge-on—tilted just six degrees from its equator—the Sombrero Galaxy displays complex clumps and strands of dust set against its brilliant white nucleus, creating a visual effect ...

Will the Universe end in a Big Freeze, a Big Rip – or something even stranger? Take a look into the distant future with ...

A research team led by Shuo Huang (NAOJ and Nagoya University) has observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers us the chance to see a distant galaxy now some 19.5 billion light-years ...

The puzzling behavior of Titan's atmosphere has been revealed. The team has shown that the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon doesn't spin in line with its surface, but instead wobbles ...

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 ...