A barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars. Bars are found in about half of all spiral galaxies. Bars generally affect both the motions of stars ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its ...

The sparkling scene depicted in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of the spiral galaxy NGC 5248, located 42 ...

Galaxies are classified into elliptical, lenticular, and spiral (or barred spiral) galaxies. Galaxies with irregular shapes ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light ...

A celestial light show illuminates a distant spiral galaxy, where a hidden supernova briefly outshines its stellar neighbors ...

So here—just in case you missed them—are eight great galaxies photographed by Hubble that have been published in the last couple of months. NGC 7513, a barred spiral galaxy, located ...

This view of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, from the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument, is studded by the galaxy’s massive population of stars, most dense along its bright ...

Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three objects or events you can see in the sky.

This process led to the identification of a barred spiral galaxy, which they named Ceers-2112 Ceers-2112: The Most Distant Barred Spiral Galaxy The light from Ceers-2112 has travelled since 2 ...