The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which was ...

Astronomers using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to survey distant galaxies spotted an unusual, chance phenomenon ...

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

This is called an Einstein Ring, named after scientist Albert Einstein, who predicted this effect in his Theory of Relativity ...

This image, showing an elliptical galaxy (left) and a spiral galaxy (right) includes near-infrared light from the James Webb Space Telescope, and ultraviolet and visible light from the Hubble ...

Astronomers are applying new image-processing techniques to previously released Hubble observations in honor of the space telescope's upcoming 35th anniversary.

Centaurus A is an elliptical galaxy located about 13 million light-years from Earth. This color composite image reveals the lobes and jets emanating from the active galaxy’s central black hole.

Good luck restringing this cosmic collision, fittingly nicknamed "the Guitar." The colliding elliptical galaxy (NGC 3561B) and a spiral galaxy (NGC 3561A) of Arp 105 have a "tidal tail" of gas ...

Five for viewing This week’s second large-telescope target is elliptical galaxy NGC 3640 in Leo the Lion. It glows at magnitude 10.3 and measures 4.0′ by 3.2′. Point your telescope 2.8 ...

A new photo taken by the Hubble Space ... image into one small chunk reveals dozens of galaxies with spiral arms, bright cores or even just elliptical blobs. Original image has been replaced.

Though visually dynamic, it shows minimal star formation and hosts a massive but dormant black hole. The galaxy's unique hybrid structure—featuring traits of both spiral and elliptical ...