While we have plenty of spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, these are only the most common types of galaxies out there. There are still others, like elliptical or irregular galaxies.

The second common name, Herschel’s Spiral Cluster ... One of the members of our Local Group is the irregular galaxy IC 10, displaying active star formation. The astrophotographer imaged the ...

The second common name, Herschel's Spiral Cluster ... Believe it or not, Cassiopeia does contain galaxies, and our next object is proof. It's irregular galaxy IC 10, which you can find by looking ...

The barred spiral galaxy UGC 678 takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy lies around 260 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces.

First up is the Andromeda Galaxy, our closest neighbour in the cosmos, featuring stunning spiral arms and a vibrant central core. Next is the Whirlpool Galaxy, a breathtaking spiral with a ...

"Because it's such a large supermassive black hole at the center, we'd predicted we'd see an elliptical galaxy." The spiral host galaxy, a quasar named J0742+2704, was discovered emanating a ...

"The biggest surprise was seeing the distinct spiral ... galaxies that have grown very massive, along with their central black holes, after going through messy mergers and have come out with an ...

For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy—an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with much ...

Why it's so special: This image of a spiral galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is a portrait more than two decades in the making. Like most full-color images of space objects, it's a ...