Galaxies

45 million lightyears from Earth lies NGC 1097, a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Fornax with a beautiful star-bursting nuclear ring surrounding it. This image was captured using the MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope operated by the European Souther Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. Credit: ESO/TIMER Survey

Eye On The Sky Ring of star formation around galactic supermassive black hole

6 beautiful galaxy collisions seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

Eye On The Sky 6 beautiful galaxy collisions seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

NGC 2799 (left) and NGC 2798 (right) in a galactic merger. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA/ SDSS/J. Dalcanton, CC BY 4.0; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

Eye On The Sky Strange galactic merger captured by Hubble Space Telescope

A galactic collision looking rather like a Halloween pumpkin. Credit: NASA, ESA, and W. Keel (University of Alabama)

Galactic Halloween pumpkin snapped by Hubble Space Telescope

Do the high energy jets we see in the most active systems, suggest growing black holes? Credit: draco-zlat/getty images

BL Lacertae objects: attempting to understand a cosmic riddle

M81 and M82, by Alvaro Ibanez Perez

7 galaxies to observe in the night sky

Great Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

Eye On The Sky Hubble views spiral galaxy as part of star formation survey

Spiral galaxy NGC 1300, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The shape of galaxies: reconfiguring Hubble’s tuning fork

The Cigar Galaxy M82, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF).

How do galactic winds affect the evolution of galaxies?

The Triangulum Galaxy, as seen by the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO

How to observe our neighbouring galaxies

Three images of NGC 2770 from early 2008 show the rare occurrence of two supernovae. Credit: ESO

Why do some galaxies have more supernovae than others?

Radio Astronomy podcast: Galaxies

Radio Astronomy Podcast Galaxies

The Local Group of galaxies only contains three spirals, our own Milky Way, M31 and M33. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library

The Local Group: a guide to our galaxy’s neighbourhood

Active galaxy TXS 0128. Image credit: Lister, et al.; Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF

Eye On The Sky Active galaxy jets resemble Star Wars TIE Fighter

A gravitationally lensed view of SPT0418-47, the most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever observed. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rizzo et al.

Astronomers spot most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen