Tag: Galaxies

Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and star streams

What's happening to galaxy NGC 474?

M82: Galaxy with a supergalactic wind

Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke?

Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed sh...

The glittering image, taken by the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, her...

Possible supernova remnant in galactic centre

Do you see that blue blob to the lower right of the image centre? Astronomers th...

The Hydra cluster of galaxies

Within our own Milky Way galaxy, two bright, spiky stars stand like sentinels in...

Markarian's Chain

Near the heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, a string of galaxies known as Markar...

M82: Starburst galaxy with a superwind

Messier 82 is a starburst galaxy with a superwind. In fact, through supernova ex...

Hickson 44 in Leo

Scanning the skies for galaxies, Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson and colleagues...

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Galaxy

If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic.

IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula

Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, br...

Galactic Collision in Cluster Abell 1185

What is a guitar doing in a cluster of galaxies? Colliding.

A Galaxy of Nebulas

Can you see nebulas in other galaxies? Yes, some nebulas shine brightly enough -...

Spiral Galaxies in Collision

Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain.