The galaxy NGC 5084 has been around for centuries. In 1785, it was first catalogued by William Herschel and has been well studied. It's what is known as a lenticular galaxy – one that's ...

March 19–26, 2015: Elliptical galaxies M84 and M86 in Virgo and spiral galaxy M98 in Coma Berenices all offer small-telescope owners nice views, while large-telescope owners can seek out the ...

Voyager 2 revealed Uranus' moon Miranda's surprising surface. ... Except for the modern-art tapestries of diffuse nebulae, most objects — star clusters, elliptical galaxies, ...

Astronomers have believed since the 1960s that a galaxy dubbed UGC 1382 was a relatively boring, small elliptical galaxy. Now, using a series of multi-wavelength surveys, astronomers have ...

A view of the spiral galaxy NGC 3982, as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Galaxies come in many different variations, but astronomers classify them into four main types: spiral, elliptical ...

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away. Remarkably, the spiral galaxy has only one visible arm.

New clues to how giant elliptical galaxies move have been discovered by an international team of astronomers. Elliptical galaxies have long been considered as essentially being made up of old ...

The Sombrero Galaxy, also called M104 or NGC 4594, is about 28 million light-years from our planet in the constellation Virgo. It is so named because the halo surrounding its disc is unusually ...

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus that are largely driven by the effects of the sun's ...

Dozens of background galaxies are visible in this wide-field image. Most have an orange tint, but if you look to the right of Uranus, you'll see two sizable white spiral galaxies.

Yet it also radiates a diffuse glow, much like an elliptical galaxy and its core of older, redder stars. This galactic marvel is known to astronomers as NGC 1156. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. B. Tully, R ...

Although Centaurus A is the first elliptical galaxy found to have spiral arms, it may not be the last. Since it’s only 12 million light-years away, it’s relatively nearby and easy to study.