Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

The closer galaxy, in effect, creates a lens. In the image below, the foreground object is a massive, egg-shaped elliptical galaxy, and in the background is a spiral galaxy (like the Milky Way ...

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 ...

Good luck restringing this cosmic collision, fittingly nicknamed "the Guitar." The colliding elliptical galaxy (NGC 3561B) ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to ...

Given the extreme angle at which it is viewed, astronomers are unsure if the Sombrero is a spiral galaxy or an elliptical galaxy ... Hubble Space Telescope: Pictures, facts & history — Spiral ...

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.

It's an elliptical galaxy that's roughly 1,000 times larger ... new Hubble image Always remember when you're looking at photos like these that they're actually snapshots from the distant past.

while galaxies that formed later appear more symmetrical and structured, with elliptical and spiral galaxies — like our Milky Way.