Our own Local Group, of which the Milky Way is a member, is itself also part of the Local Supercluster. Last but not least, NGC 1232 is a beautiful galaxy about 65 million light-years away in ...

This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is ...

NGC 4449 is a dwarf galaxy turned stellar powerhouse, dazzling astronomers with its explosive star-forming activity and rich ...

Everything is bigger in NGC 1232, including the giant satellite galaxy warping it out of shape. Technically speaking, NGC 1232 is a grand design spiral galaxy, so named of its extremely well ...

The galaxy in the second image is Messier 100, also known as NGC 4321, which was discovered in the18th century. It is a fine example of a "grand design" spiral galaxy -- a class of galaxies with ...