Queen guitarist Sir Brian May's latest book explores the history, mystery and evolution of galaxies in a way never tried ...

"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy UGC 2890. The "galaxy lies around 30 million light-years ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Andre van der Hoeven (Netherlands) combined different datasets in the archives of the Hubble ...

In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This galaxy, shaped like our Milky Way, formed just a billion years after the Big ...

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Astronomers assumed our galaxy was a ­spiral too. In the 1950s, radio telescopes ­produced the first crude maps of the Milky Way’s spiral arms by tracking how gas clouds moved around the galaxy. The ...

Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

LARAMIE – Unless one is a scientist or a teacher of the sciences, it would be understandable if a person may not be familiar with spiral galaxies. Danny Dale, a professor of physics and astronomy and ...

Dwingeloo 1, a barred spiral galaxy in Cassiopeia, remained undetected until 1994 due to significant obscuration by interstellar dust within our own galaxy. Its discovery was facilitated by the ...

Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a magnificent view of the Triangulum spiral galaxy bursting with the light of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new ...