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Despite its unassuming appearance, the edge-on spiral galaxy captured in the left half of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
Art by Gebing Conception shows a quasar as a tremendous outburst in the core of a far-distant spiral galaxy
This visible-light image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, where astronomers...
The smudge of stars at the center of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a galaxy known as UGC 5797. UGC...
The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
NGC 4639 is a beautiful example of a type of galaxy known as a barred spiral. It lies over 70 million light-years...
Galaxy NGC 1068 can be seen in close-up in this view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NuSTAR's high-energy X-rays...
These four nebulae (star-forming clouds of gas and dust) are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula...
art002e012588 (April 7, 2026) - A stunning snapshot in time. The Artemis II crew captured this breathtaking photo of...
In the Perseus spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, opposite the galactic center, lies the nebula SH 2-235. As seen...
This composite image is of spiral galaxy M106 NGC 4258; optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey is yellow, radio...
NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas located in the...
This image shows two companion galaxies, NGC 4625 top and NGC 4618 bottom, and their surrounding cocoons of cool...
This new view of spiral galaxy IC 342, also known as Caldwell 5, includes data from NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic...
The spiral galaxy NGC 3627, located about 30 million light years from Earth as seen by four NASA telescopes; inset...
Here we see two different views of the spiral galaxy, Messier 81. On the left is an image taken in blue light, while...
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light-years away in...
This shining disc of a spiral galaxy sits approximately 25 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this ultraviolet color image of the galaxy NGC5474 on June 7, 2003. NGC5474 is...
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured these infrared images of a nearby spiral galaxy that resembles our own...
At the centre of this amazing image is the elliptical galaxy NGC 3610. Surrounding the galaxy are a wealth of other...
The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is especially rich in galaxies, due in part to the presence of a massive and...
Milky way - The real shape of our galaxy is revealed in this infrared image obtained by IRAS. Infrared light...
This galaxy is known as Mrk 820 and is classified as a lenticular galaxy — type S0 on the Hubble Tuning Fork. The...