A massive barred spiral galaxy from 11.1 billion years ago has been discovered, showing star-forming activity and gas ...

Behind this galaxy’s calm facade lies the fingerprint of a long-dead giant star. A violent supernova once rocked its ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 6956. The galaxy is located "214 million light-years ...

The Knife Edge Galaxy is located some 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco, according to NASA. NGC ...

A newly discovered barred spiral galaxy dating back 11.1 billion years is rewriting what scientists know about galactic ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a luminous tangle of stars and dust called the barred spiral galaxy NGC ...

A new study suggests they may have a ghostly shadow—trailing dark matter spirals hovering above and below them. A team of ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that, surprisingly, is shaped much like our Milky Way – ...

A cloud of energetic gas lit up by a collision of galaxies spans nearly 20 million light-years, leading astronomers to ...

Hubble captures stunning barred spiral galaxy NGC 3507 in Leo’s night s NGC 3507 forms a hidden galactic duo with its spiral companion, NGC 350 NGC 3501 lies just beyond Hubble’s view, yet travels clo ...

Some spiral galaxies, including the Milky Way, exhibit a straight bar inside the spiral pattern. This bar structure helps channel gas towards the center of the galaxy where it can be used to form ...