Irregular Galaxies

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$A star in the foreground shines brightly with four diffraction spikes. Above this star is a diffuse and faint dwarf irregular galaxy. The galaxy itself has bright blue and red stars.$

May 29, 2026

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 27, 2026, features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000…

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May 27, 2026

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter…

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AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive

January 27, 2026

A team of astronomers has employed a cutting-edge, artificial intelligence-assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical phenomena within archived…

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A region of space is filled with stars and clumps of glowing orange and tan dust. A small portion of the sky at the center of the image is outlined with a white box. Lines extend from the corner of the box to the inset panel at the top right showing a magnified version of the outlined portion of the image. In the inset, there are smatterings of dim whitish-blueish stars and about seven glowing red orbs across the center in a line. Also across the center of the inset is a green glow. The background of the image is filled with stars and galaxies of various shapes and colors.

January 6, 2026

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy…

Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy

Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy

AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive

NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust