About 72 percent of the galaxies we’ve studied are spiral, like ours, but there are two other types of galaxies out there that we’ve observed. Elliptical galaxies are, well, elliptical in shape.

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.

Galaxies are classified into elliptical, lenticular, and spiral (or barred spiral) galaxies. Galaxies with irregular shapes that do not fit into any categories are classified as irregular galaxies.

And the image below shows galaxy Arp 184 (also known as NGC 1961), which is a type called a peculiar spiral galaxy. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a peculiar spiral galaxy ...

An elliptical galaxy (left) and a spiral galaxy (right). The image includes near-infrared light from the James Webb Space Telescope and ultraviolet and visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble captures a magnificent view of dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1156. ... NGC 1156, while having characteristics of both a spiral and elliptical galaxy, is classified as an irregular galaxy.

Astronomers have observed unusually shaped galaxies in a transitory phase of galactic evolution, often colliding or ...

The majority of the thousands of galaxies we’ve discovered out in the universe fit into relatively well-defined categories: spiral galaxies like our Milky Way, elliptical galaxies which are long ...

Galaxies are broadly divided into three groups.You have the spirals like the Milky Way and Andromeda, the irregular galaxies, and the elliptical galaxies. This latter group tends to have the most ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The galaxy itself is a stunning swirl of gas and dust sculpted into thick lanes that spiral ...

With their winding and buff arms made up of billions of stars, spiral galaxies offer some of the beautiful images of the universe. Our own Milky Way galaxy is a spiral galaxy, yet these types of ...