Scientists using two enormous telescopes — one on Earth and the other in space — have detected oxygen in the most ancient known galaxy, a star-scape beaming light just 300 million years after the Big ...

There is a supermassive black hole at the center of nearly every big galaxy—including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in the ...

The Hubble Classification ... irregular shapes that do not fit into any categories are classified as irregular galaxies. While this classification can be used for most galaxies, some do not ...

The universe is vast, mysterious, and breathtakingly beautiful. From the glow of distant galaxies to the quiet elegance of ...

NGC 3125 is a compact, irregular dwarf galaxy experiencing a burst of star ... This image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Messier 106, also known as NGC 4258, is a stunning intermediate ...

Elliptical galaxies, the largest and most common type in the universe, vary in shape from almost circular to highly elongated. Hubble's Telescope captured images of irregular galaxies, which are ...

"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young ...