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

Our Milky Way Galaxy wheels within the Local Group of galaxies in a relatively quiet corner of the cosmos. The vast Virgo Cluster of galaxies, some 55 million light-years away, plays city center ...

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 ...

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

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 ...