NGC 1672, a stunning barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado, puts on a dazzling ...

A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out of a cosmic cannon. A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out ...

(NASA) – This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado.

Not only does it seemingly exist too early in the cosmos to be strongly spinning, the galaxy also shows hints of spiral arms similar to highly evolved "modern" galaxies like our own Milky Way.

Why it's so special: The spiral galaxy IC 3225 looks like it's going somewhere. At first glance, it may seem like any other large spiral galaxy, such as our Milky Way, with its bright, glowing ...

Andromeda Galaxy—The nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, about 2.5 million light-years away. Also known as M31. Antimatter—Matter made of particles with the same mass as the ...

The sparkling scene depicted in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of the spiral galaxy NGC 5248, located 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Boötes. It is also ...

Astronomers have employed the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) to perform comprehensive multiwavelength observations of a large and massive spiral galaxy known as UGC 2885. Results of the ...

Spiral galaxy NGC 628 is 32 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. Webb’s image of NGC 628 shows a densely populated face-on spiral galaxy anchored by its central region ...

Each one is unique and gives us a glimpse into the greatness of space. Malin 1 is a very large spiral galaxy, about 1.7 million light-years wide. It’s usually not very clearly visible but has a ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy home to 100-400 billion stars (no one is quite sure how many). It’s a spiral galaxy estimated to be about 13.6 billion years old. It's 100,000 light-years across.