Why it's so special: What if a galaxy had only one spiral arm? Our solar system resides on the outskirts of one of the Milky Way galaxy's estimated four spiral arms, according to Space.com, but not ...

A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. "Peculiar" spiral galaxy ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning spiral galaxy 65 million light-years away, revealing glowing dust clouds and stellar nurseries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, which incorporates six different wavelengths of light. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker You might ...

Astronomers have reconstructed the dynamic history of NGC 1365, a giant spiral galaxy, using a technique they call “extragalactic archaeology.” The research, led by scientists at the Center for ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic archaeology, the study of detailed chemical fingerprints in deep space, to ...

A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through the night sky. Researchers believe it was from the launch of a military GPS satellite that lifted off ...

Arp 184 or NGC 1961, a skewed or "peculiar" spiral galaxy, is still stunning in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. One of the 338 formations cataloged by astronomer Halton Arp in 1966 in his ...

The formation is catalogued in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies compiled in 1966. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...