New measurements suggest that two of the Milky Way's spiral arms are around 10% farther away from Earth than we thought. The ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified what may be the most distant barred spiral galaxy ever ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered a barred spiral galaxy unlike any seen before. Known as M1149-BSG-z5, it ...

A new Hubble image offers a detailed look at Messier 88, a spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster whose core is powered by a supermassive black hole.

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new massive barred spiral galaxy. The newfound galaxy, ...

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton, a team of researchers made ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light show, ...

NASA is lighting the cosmos in red, white and blue in honor of the 250 t h birthday of the United States—and the show even ...

The Webb Space Telescope is ushering in the New Year in a similar fashion to us humans, by capturing images of brilliant bursts of color in the sky. Well, not quite “in the sky”—Webb itself is a ...

Astronomers have observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral galaxy in the early Universe and found that it has important similarities and differences with modern galaxies. This improves our ...

Let’s take advantage of the moonless early-evening sky to enjoy two lovely face-on spiral galaxies. We’ll start at the brighter, easier option: M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. And it’s easy ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, which incorporates six different wavelengths of light. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker You might ...