The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is viewed face-on in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different ...

Rather than solid arms, spiral galaxies may show density waves—regions where matter slows down and bunches up, like cars in ...

Dubbed AT2024tvd, the burst of radiation from this " tidal disruption event " (TDE) was also picked up by NASA's Chandra ...

This is really interesting. Supermassive black holes are usually found sitting in the centers of galaxies – the gravitational hub around which the entire kit and kaboodle revolves. AT2024tvd's host ...

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

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away.

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

Astrophotographer Ron Brecher has captured a stunning deep sky image of the spiral galaxy M106, located 23.5 million light ...