The Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning imagery of barred spiral galaxy UGC 678. The galaxy is located about 260 million ...

There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes.

Meet LEDA 42160, an unassuming name for what looks like a glowing ripple in the dark. Much like a cosmic bullseye, except ...

For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the ...

A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a kaleidoscopic scene in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy. In modern times, though, we use “galaxy” more generically to ...

Hubble observations of spiral galaxy NGC 1317 reveal a bright blue ring containing hot, young stars. Combined data from Hubble and ALMA link these young stars to cold gas reservoirs, enabling ...

Astronomers have observed a tidal disruption event, AT2024tvd, caused by a rogue supermassive black hole devouring a star far from its galaxy's center. This marks the first time a TDE has been ...

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away. Remarkably, the spiral galaxy has only one visible arm.

Hubble’s latest image of spiral galaxy NGC 3596 reveals a celestial swirl rich with starbirth—and a long-standing mystery about how spiral arms really work. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker A ...

The long-awaited phone is set to be unveiled during a virtual Unpacked event. Here's everything to know and how to tune in. Abrar Al-Heeti Senior Technology Reporter Abrar Al-Heeti is a senior ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of a supermassive black hole that is not at the center of its galaxy. Credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / Yuhan Yao / Joseph DePasquale Using NASA's Hubble ...