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The subject of this image is NGC 6861, a galaxy discovered in 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Almost...
This image obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft of the outer edge of Saturn?s B ring, reveals the combined effects of...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 2841, located about 46 million...
This image from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) shows a section of NGC 1448, a spiral galaxy located about 50...
Despite being less famous than their elliptical and spiral galactic cousins, irregular dwarf galaxies, such as the...
Galaxy Evolution Explorer observation of Stephan's Quintet and the nearby galaxy NGC 7331. Blue represents far...
This three-color image of galaxy M101 was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on June 20, 2003. The far...
Discovered by British astronomer William Herschel over 200 years ago, NGC 2500 lies about 30 million light-years...
This new Hubble image shows NGC 1566, a beautiful galaxy located approximately 40 million light-years away in the...
The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in an image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
The galaxy pictured here is NGC 4424, located in the constellation of Virgo. It is not visible with the naked eye...
At the center of this amazing Hubble image is the elliptical galaxy NGC 3610. Surrounding the galaxy are a wealth of...
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscope Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has identified a candidate pulsar in Andromeda -- the...
These three images are of the central region of the spiral galaxy M100, taken with three generations of cameras that...
This delicate blue group of stars — actually an irregular galaxy named IC 3583 — sits some 30 million light-years...
Galaxy NGC 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured...
Far beyond the stars in the constellation of Leo (The Lion) is irregular galaxy IC 559. IC 559 is not your everyday...
This Picture of the Week shows Arp 230, also known as IC 51, observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Arp...
On a clear evening in April of 1789, the renowned astronomer William Herschel continued his unrelenting survey of...
Despite being less famous than their elliptical and spiral galactic cousins, irregular dwarf galaxies, such as the...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light-years away...
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a UFO — well, the UFO Galaxy, to be precise. NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy seen...
This striking NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the galaxy UGC 477, located just over 110 million...
NASA image release August 10, 2010 A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral...