Measuring over 500,000 light-years across—five times the size of the Milky Way—NGC6872 is the second largest spiral galaxy discovered to date, according to NASA. On Monday, in honor of the ...

Why it's so special: NGC 4694 is a galaxy that cannot be easily classified into one of the two basic galaxy types: spiral and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 6956. The galaxy is located "214 million light-years ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from ...

Here, we’ll take a look at seven of the largest galaxies we've recently observed. Each one is unique and gives us a glimpse into the greatness of space. Malin 1 is a very large spiral galaxy ...

On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...

A "treasure trove" of stunning new images showing 19 spiral galaxies have been captured ... have also released what NASA says is the largest catalog ever of roughly 100,000 star clusters, a ...

The universe is home to many fascinating objects. R Aquarii is a binary star system with a red giant and a white dwarf. Omega ...

UGC 10043 is a spiral galaxy seen edge-on, featuring a distinct dust lane and a prominent bulge that suggests interaction with a nearby dwarf galaxy. Captured by Hubble's long-term data collection, ...

120,000 light-years across, this spiral galaxy is one of the largest known, with a massive central bulge. 240,000 light-years wide, this giant elliptical galaxy is a beacon of light in the Virgo ...