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What it is: Sombrero Galaxy (M104), a spiral galaxy. Where it is: 30 million light-years distant in the Virgo constellation. When it was shared: Nov. 25, 2024. Why it's so special: It may have been ...

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An undated image from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope shows an outflow from a nearby still-forming star in infrared light, with a spiral galaxy off in the distance. (NASA via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ...

LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings — six more than any other known galaxy. High-resolution imagery from NASA’s Hubble ...

The summer solstice—the longest day of the year—has passed. That means we’re slowly losing daylight. But never fear: there’s still plenty of sun and late-night stargazing ahead of us this summer. Here ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...