On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon Marius. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Andromeda ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has turned its sharp eye toward a ghostly swirl of stars and gas known as the "Lost Galaxy," given ...

You are face-to-face with spiral galaxy NGC 3596, courtesy of an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. British astronomer William Herschel was the first person to see and document the galaxy ...

James Webb Space Telescope confirms the first runaway supermassive black hole in the Cosmic Owl galaxy, observing its tail and bow shock, providing direct evidence of black hole ejection during galaxy ...

Recently NASA's telescope has captured these amazing pictures of galaxies that will take your breath away. These beautiful ...

Located around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, the Sombrero Galaxy is instantly recognisable. Viewed nearly edge on, the galaxy’s softly luminous bulge and sharply outlined ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The Hubble Space Telescope revisited the nearly edge-on Sombrero Galaxy ...

The galaxy's discovery challenges our understanding of how galaxies were formed in the early period after the Big Bang.

This is an artist’s impression of JADES-GS-z14-0, which as of today is the most distant confirmed galaxy. Galaxies in the early Universe tend to be clumpy and irregular. Supernova explosions in this ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an awe-inspiring new image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, known formally as Messier 104. The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary ...

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