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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559. It is about 35 million light ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) captures stunning views of ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a luminous tangle of stars and dust called the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1385, located about 30 million light-years away. Hubble released an ...
As NGC 4858 wades through a region packed with neighboring galaxies, extreme pressures contort its gaseous material to create the jellyfish and bunny combo. The Components of a Galaxy Cluster NGC 4858 ...
Hubble images skewed spiral galaxy Arp 184. A beautiful but skewed spiral galaxy dazzles in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy, called Arp 184 or NGC 1961, sits about 190 ...
Astronomy contributor Alister Ling recommends practicing on nearby galaxy NGC 3049, ... To find NGC 3049, slide a little farther east of Omicron — the barred spiral lies 3.4° east of this star.
This is NGC 3344 viewed from within our galaxy (Milky Way Galaxy). This large and beautiful spiral galaxy is located about 20 million light-years away in the direction of Leo Minor.
The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...
The Knife Edge Galaxy is located some 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco, according to NASA.NGC 5907's spiral form is oriented edge-on to our planet, granting it a sharp ...
Discover NGC 7008, the Fetus Nebula—an easy, bright planetary nebula in Cygnus perfect for small telescopes. ... Tadpole Galaxy. Deep-Sky Objects. Deep-Sky Dreams: Edge-on galaxy NGC 5907.
It's been textbook knowledge for over a century that our Milky Way galaxy is doomed to collide with another large spiral galaxy, Andromeda, in the next 5 billion years and merge into one even ...
A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, long considered inevitable, may be in question, astronomers say.