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It's the year 2000. We're floating in space, and we come across the side view of a spectacular spiral galaxy. It's called UGC 10043 and is located 150 million light-years away. Spiral galaxies ...

A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang, which gave birth to the universe some 13.8 ...

First up is the Andromeda Galaxy, our closest neighbour in the cosmos, featuring stunning spiral arms and a vibrant central core. Next is the Whirlpool Galaxy, a breathtaking spiral with a ...

As well as objects like nebulae, Hubble also observes entire galaxies like this one: a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 1672. Located 49 million light-years away, this galaxy has beautiful clear ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms. A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new ...

In celebration of 35 years spent in orbit around Earth, the Hubble team has released a set of four new images showing the ...

Thilker A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms. The galaxy, NGC 5530, is located 40 million light-years from ...