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This Hubble image shows NGC 4654, an intermediate spiral galaxy some 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Thilker / J. Lee / PHANGS-HST Team.

July 27, 2026

A stunning new image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the lopsided intermediate spiral galaxy NGC…

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Hubble photographs spiral galaxy with black hole 100 million times the sun's mass

June 11, 2026

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 88. (ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker) A…

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June 5, 2026

APOD: 2026 June 5 – The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…

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This image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the spiral galaxy Messier 88. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Thilker / MAUVE-HST Team.

June 2, 2026

A newly-released Hubble image shows Messier 88, a black hole-powered spiral galaxy that is gradually plunging toward the…

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What will happen if the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide?

May 23, 2026

When it comes to the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, there’s a whole “will they or won’t they”…

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$This image of Messier 77 from Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) highlights its swirling spiral arms, the dust in its disk and its piercingly bright core like never before. The bright orange lines appearing to radiate out from the galaxy’s center are not actually a feature of the galaxy: they are a type of distortion that arises from the optical design of the telescope. Called diffraction spikes, they are created because the intense light from the unresolved AGN is bent (diffracted) very slightly at the edges of Webb’s hexagonal mirror panels and around one of the struts that hold up its secondary mirror. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / A. Leroy.$

May 12, 2026

New images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope capture the barred spiral galaxy Messier 77 as a…

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May 10, 2026

The central region of Messier 77 is dominated by an extremely compact and energetic source that outshines the…

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May 9, 2026

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture…

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This Hubble image shows NGC 3137, a spiral galaxy some 53 million light-years away in the constellation of Antlia. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Thilker / PHANGS-HST Team.

May 1, 2026

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured this vivid image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3137,…

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This Hubble image shows IC 486, a barred spiral galaxy some 380 million light-years away in the constellation of Gemini. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M.J. Koss / A.J. Barth.

April 4, 2026

The Hubble team has released a beautiful close-up shot of the barred spiral galaxy IC 486. This Hubble…

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This VLT/MUSE image shows part of the Triangulum galaxy, a spiral galaxy located about 3 million light-years away in the constellation of Triangulum. Image credit: ESO / Feltre et al.

March 23, 2026

A new close-up of the Triangulum galaxy, captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), traces the tangled gas…

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This Webb image shows NGC 5134, a spiral galaxy some 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / A. Leroy.

February 24, 2026

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have produced a spectacular infrared image of the spiral galaxy…

Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy Warped by Cosmic Forces

Hubble photographs spiral galaxy with black hole 100 million times the sun’s mass

APOD: 2026 June 5 – The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies

Hubble Captures Active Spiral Galaxy: Messier 88

What will happen if the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide?

Webb Peers into Brilliant Heart of Messier 77

NASA’s Webb telescope unveils stunning new view of Messier 77

Spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA’s Webb telescope

Hubble Captures Spiral Galaxy Packed with Brilliant Star Clusters: NGC 3137

Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on IC 486

Webb Focuses on Spiraling Star Factory: NGC 5134