The galaxy NGC 2841 -- shown in a new Hubble Space Telescope image -- currently has a relatively low star formation rate compared to other spirals. It is one of several nearby galaxies that have been ...

Human classification, from celestial bodies to living organisms, often starts with their morphology. Depending on how something looks, it gets a certain label. This is all well and good until you find ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Hubble Space Telescope just imaged a galaxy nestled 67 million ...

Star formation is one of the most important processes in shaping the Universe; it plays a pivotal role in the evolution of galaxies and it is also in the earliest stages of star formation that ...

The study employed a technique the researchers call 'pattern matching', using Cepheid variable stars to effectively anchor the distances of the gas on the outer edges of the galaxy's spiral arms for ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy that’s hard to categorise. The galaxy in question is NGC 2775, ...

A feathery ring of dust and stars known as galaxy NGC2775 continues to irk astronomers and has yet to be defined after Nasa released updated imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy about ...

A new picture from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3521 in a shot that looks almost artificial in its painterly beauty. Discovered in 1784 by British astronomer William Herschel ...

Of the many hardships visited on New York in the first months of the pandemic, food shortages weren’t among them. Supply chains held. Cleaning products vanished from supermarket shelves but there was ...