The "afterglow" of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang. This background radiation also provides ...

Researchers suggest the universe's background radiation has been overestimated, potentially challenging the standard model of ...

We have measured how far apart elliptical galaxies are from one another today. Using these data and taking into account the characteristics of this group of galaxies, we were then able to use the ...

It's what is known as a peculiar galaxy – one that has characteristics of both a highly structured spiral galaxy, and a more diffuse elliptical galaxy, thus fitting into neither category, but hanging ...

Abstract: Continuing our study of galaxy populations in the Antlia cluster, we present a photometric analysis of four galaxies classified as compact elliptical (cE ... a distorted inner structure with ...

Captured by the VST, NGC 3640 reveals a turbulent history of cosmic cannibalism, but its current companion, NGC 3641, remains ...

Spirals are only one of four major classifications for galaxies; the others are elliptical, irregular and peculiar. Elliptical galaxies would be better called spheroidal; they can be spherical but ...

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 ...

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