Ursa Major and its Big Dipper asterism are loaded with terrific galaxies. Two strange galaxies that inhabit this area may be ...

NGC 3718, a distorted barred spiral galaxy approximately 65 million light-years distant, exhibits a strong S-shape, a prominent dust bar, and a bright nucleus, with an apparent magnitude of 10.6 ...

NASA shared an Instagram post featuring NGC 6496, a 10-billion-year-old globular cluster with high metal content and various unique stars, sparking awe and curiosity among netizens.

NGC 6946 is a poster child for supernovae, which underscores its nickname. Bright supernovae in NGC 6946 have occurred in 1917, 1939, 1948, 1968, 1969, 1980, 2002, 2004, 2008, and 2017.

Hubble observations of NGC 1754 confirm it as a compact, old globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud, with a core radius of 2.74 light years, half-mass radius of 10.2 light years, age of 12 ...

NGC 4151 is one of the closest galaxies in the Universe with an actively feeding black hole in its center. As far as we know, all big galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their hearts ...

The colliding elliptical galaxy (NGC 3561B) and a spiral galaxy (NGC 3561A) of Arp 105 have a "tidal tail" of gas, dust, and stars that stretch out 362,000 light-years.

This strangely adorable trio—known as NGC 7806—is so obscure, not only do very few images exist, but information is incredibly scarce. Taken by Adam Block from Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, this ...