The Hubble Space Telescope has spied on the Milky Way's galactic neighbor, irregular galaxy ESO 174-1, imaging it as a lonely hazy cloud.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a highly irregular galaxy known as ESO 174-1 located about 11 million light-years from Earth.

Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time. With respect to structure, there are three types of galaxies: spiral, ...

This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local Group—a collection of over 50 galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood that includes the Milky Way.

About two-thirds of spiral galaxies are barred spirals, in which the central disk is stretched out into a ribbon. The Milky Way belongs to this class, as well as our nearest galactic neighbor, the ...

Galaxies come in a variety of shapes and sizes: spirals, like our Milky Way; puffy ellipticals, like giant cotton balls in space; and irregulars/peculiars, which are, well, irregular and/or peculiar.

The James Webb Space Telescope’s first picture released to the public showed off thousands of galaxies. At first glance, the pinpoints of light shining in the blackness of space look like little ...

NGC 2814, along with another irregular galaxy (IC 2458) and a spiral galaxy (NGC 2820), form a trio located roughly 230,000 light years away from the very large galaxy NGC 2805.

It’s also a small galaxy, so it’s a type classified as an irregular dwarf galaxy. The galaxy featured in this Picture of the Week has a shape unlike many of the galaxies familiar to Hubble.

Galaxies in the early universe were far more active on average than our Milky Way. ... We also have a class for irregular galaxies (like the Magellanic Clouds).

If you ever get out away from city lights and just stare up at the night sky, you might start noticing more than just the pinpricks of lights of individual stars. You may see smudges of light acros… ...

Galaxies that are not spiral, lenticular, or elliptical are called irregular galaxies.Irregular galaxies—such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds that flank our Milky Way—appear misshapen ...