A vibrant spiral galaxy called NGC 5042 resides about 48 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra (the water snake). A Milky Way star shines near its edge.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559. It is about 35 million light ...

Despite its neighboring galaxy's absence, NGC 1317 appears alongside two cosmic companions. A crisscrossed star from our galaxy and a distant red smudge lie beyond. Telescope teamwork across the ...

Early Spiral Galaxy Captured for the First Time Using Gravitational Lenses . For the first time ever, scientists have ...