But not everything in our galaxy (or beyond) is the outcome of such ostentatious chaos. Some of the most visually captivating ...
'Star factory': The star-forming nebula W51 is one of the largest "star factories" in the Milky Way galaxy. Interstellar dust ...
Astronomers study various galaxy populations and their physical characteristics within large-scale structures to understand ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified new galaxies within the Spiderweb protocluster, showing ...
The galaxy got its unusual name because when the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a photo of it 20 years ago, it resembled a ...
The mid-infrared light image shows astronomical features that can’t be seen with visible light cameras or in previous ...
The Sombrero galaxy, or Messier 104 or M104, is roughly 30 million light-years from the Earth in the Virgo constellation.
How do you prove that the universe itself is constantly vibrating? For humans, you build a detector the size of our galaxy.
Infrared light reveals the galaxy to be a docile place, rather than the shining, roiling 'Sombrero' seen in visible light.
The Sombrero galaxy looks entirely different in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope. Instead of a Mexican hat, it ...
The Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to a wide-brimmed Mexican hat, has now been captured in a completely new light ...