星系

For this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope turned its powerful eye toward an emission-line galaxy called NGC 3749. W…

The universe is simply so vast that it can be difficult to maintain a sense of scale. Many galaxies we see through telescopes…

The galaxy pictured in this Hubble image has an especially evocative name: the Medusa merger. Often referred to by its somewh…

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. …

Many of the best-loved galaxies in the cosmos are remarkably large, close, massive, bright, or beautiful, often with an unusu…

Located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, which also includes the Big Dipper, nearby galaxy Messier 81 is easily v…

The pair of strange, luminescent creatures at play in this image are actually galaxies — realms of millions upon millions of …

Every now and then, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope glimpses a common object — say, a spiral galaxy — in an interesting o…