Galaxies

Barred spiral galaxy NGC 4907 and a Milky Way star. Credit ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gregg

Eye On The Sky Nearby star outshines a distant galaxy

Abell 2384, by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V.Parekh, et al. & ESA/XMM-Newton; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT; Optical: DSS

Eye On The Sky Abell 2384: a bridge between galaxy clusters

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How astronomers discovered the biggest explosion in the Universe

Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 4100. Credit ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho

How do galaxies form?

Galaxy cluster MACS J0416. Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Montes (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

Galaxy cluster MACS J0416 reveals clues about early Universe

Galaxy NGC 5861, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.

Eye On The Sky Hubble spies an intermediate spiral galaxy

Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 4100. Credit ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho

Eye On The Sky Hubble views a stretched spiral galaxy

Spiral galaxy NGC 2273. Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Greene

Eye On The Sky Hubble spies a spiral within a spiral galaxy

Spiral galaxy NGC 5468. Credit ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al. / Acknowledgements: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

Eye On The Sky A face-on spiral galaxy hosting exploding stars

Galaxies NGC 470 and NGC 474, as seen by the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO

Eye On The Sky Very Large Telescope captures two distinctly different galaxies

Galaxy UGC 2885. Credit: NASA/ESA and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville)

Eye On The Sky Hubble spies galaxy 2.5 times the diameter of the Milky Way

Two spiral galaxies captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Larson et al.

Eye On The Sky Two spiral galaxies captured by the Hubble Space Telescope

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1706

Eye On The Sky A Christmas galaxy in full view

An image of the Andromeda Galaxy by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

Astronomy tour Explore the sights of the Andromeda Galaxy

Galaxy IC 4653. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Rosario (CEA, Durham University)

Astrophotography

Eye On The Sky Newborn stars glow in a galaxy 80 million lightyears from Earth