In 2006, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a compelling cosmic scene: two galaxies in the constellation…
Galaxies
The “Mice” galaxies (NGC 4676A and NGC 4676B) are two heavily distorted spiral galaxies located in…
This composite image shows the Pillars of Creation taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2014…
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a neighboring dwarf spiral galaxy in contact with the Milky…
Discovery and description The first mention of the Andromeda galaxy appears in the “Catalogue of Fixed…
Approximately 2,200 light-years away lie the remnants of a dying star, forming a structure known as…
The Milky Way is an unremarkable mid-range spiral galaxy. The universe contains at least 2 trillion…
At the center of the Milky Way, something unknown, dense, invisible through telescopes, and consisting most…
The Hubble Space Telescope emerged as the pioneering tool to undertake a rudimentary tally of the…
Distance information The Voyager spacecraft is moving away from the Sun at a speed of 17.3…
NGC 376 is a star cluster in the Tucana constellation. It was observed by Scottish astronomer…
The Milky Way began its existence as a small cluster of gas and dust and then…