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.

Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way. And it is getting closer, as the two will merge in several billion ...

The mystery of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is more diverse than previously known after rapid emissions unexpectedly come from an ...

Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...

Credit: ESO/José Francisco Salgado, EHT Collaboration With respect to structure, there are three types of galaxies: spiral, elliptical, and irregular. Scientists also classify galaxies according ...

Both spiral galaxies are newly discovered and are grand design spiral galaxies, a type of spiral galaxy with very well-defined arms. Spiral galaxies with less defined arms are called flocculent ...

This ultra-deep view of the Antlia Cluster reveals a spectacular array of galaxy types among the hundreds that make up its population. Galaxy clusters are some of the largest known structures in ...

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...