The unusual galaxy NGC 4694 has traits unique to the two main galaxy types, spiral and elliptical. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker) What it is: The galaxy NGC 4694, a member of the ...

See photos from the Hubble Space Telescope that show the types of galaxies seen today were around 11 billion years ago. See how here.

A new photo of the massive elliptical galaxy Centaurus A was captured by the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile.

The elliptical galaxy at the center of this Einstein ring belongs to a galaxy cluster named SMACSJ0028.2-7537. It can be seen as the oval-shaped, featurless glow around the small bright core.

That a look at the photo up top, which shows galaxy NGC 474 in the foreground. It’s an elliptical galaxy, which should mean that it’s bereft of gas and essentially dormant.

As for irregular galaxies, their shapes are unlike that of elliptical galaxies and spiral galaxies. They have very little dust, and astronomers have to look deeper into the universe to spot them.

A full-size photo of the Penguin and Egg galaxies. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) The smaller Egg, glowing brightly to the Penguin's left, is a densely packed elliptical galaxy that has not ...

The prominent galaxy at the right of the frame, known as ESO 381-13 or PGC 42877, is a different beast altogether and both active star formation and dust can be seen within it.

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away. Remarkably, the spiral galaxy has only one visible arm.

Scientists now have a better view than ever of a certain penguin's tail feathers − only the bird in question is not what you may expect. NASA scientists running the James Webb Space Telescope have ...

The Hickson Compact Group 40 features five galaxies caught in a gravitational dance. NASA, ESA, STScI, Alyssa Pagan. Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most ...