The Helix Galaxy, located 42 million light years away, is an unusual object as it is both a polar ring and a lenticular ...

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby ...

Explore the UGC 10214, the Tadpole Galaxy, a faint, peculiar spiral galaxy in Draco with a dramatic tidal tail and active star formation — an elusive but rewarding target for deep-sky observers ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers from Canada and Switzerland have discovered a new galaxy, which received designation COSMOS2020-635829. The newfound object appears to ...

The Milky Way will become increasingly visible near the end of May because of the moon’s changing phases. Over the next few days, the moon will undergo its waning crescent phase, leaving only a small ...