Proving its worth despite its age yet again, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a peculiar galaxy in space. Most galaxies fall into two categories based on their shape according ...

Most galaxies are spiral, spherical or ellipsoidal aggregations of stars, but some have irregular configurations. These unusual objects may very well be galaxies in an early stage of evolution ...

Einstein rings are fascinating astronomical phenomena caused by gravitational lensing. When light from a distant object ...

"The large bubble of ionized hydrogen surrounding this galaxy might have been created by a peculiar population of stars—much ...