on which we occupy a spot on one of the spiral arms. "Without Andromeda as a proxy for spiral galaxies in the universe at large, astronomers would know much less about the structure and evolution ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...

The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early ...

Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early ...

Scientists, using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, have found that the Milky Way’s graceful spiral structure is primarily shaped by two arms extending from a central bar of stars.

Known as NGC 4536, the galaxy boasts sweeping spiral arms speckled with bright blue ... Hubble Space Telescope reveals richest view of Andromeda galaxy to date (image) ...

Today, astronomers have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much more precisely; they find it to be about 2 1/2 million light years away. It is a majestic spiral-shaped galaxy ...

The rosy red structures of a nearby galaxy glow brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The Andromeda Galaxy ...

Andromeda Galaxy—The nearest large spiral ... Elliptical galaxy—A galaxy that appears round or elliptical and lacks a disk with spiral arms. Such galaxies have little dust and gas, and show ...

The starburst galaxy NGC 4536, seen here in a photo by the Hubble Space Telescope, has bright blue clusters of baby stars and pink clumps of ionized hydrogen gas speckled throughout its sweeping ...