The winter sky is dominated by sparkling bright stars dotting the Milky Way. Among the myriad star clusters, many that stand out in the eyepiece steal visual observers’ hearts. The popular Messier ...
The spiral galaxy NGC 5643 is located roughly 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf. NGC 5643 is a grand design spiral, which refers to the galaxy's symmetrical form with ...
Ursa Major and its Big Dipper asterism are loaded with terrific galaxies. Two strange galaxies that inhabit this area may be found below the southern edge of the dipper. NGC 3718 (Arp 214) is a ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared instruments on the spiral galaxy NGC 628, producing the first ...
The peculiar galaxy NGC 3256 dominates this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. This Milky Way-sized galaxy lies about 120 million light-years away in the constellation Vela, and ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a nearby spiral galaxy known ...