In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...
Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...
The Cartwheel gained its shape during a spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies, and is located around 500 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Sculptor. NASA’s Hubble ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the ...
Spiral galaxy quasars like J0742+2704, however, suggest that there may be other pathways for jet formation. While J0742+2704 has maintained its spiral shape, the Hubble image does show intriguing ...