"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ...

The galaxy ESO 300-16 looms over this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy, which lies 28.7 million light-years from the earth. NGC 6827 is a Seyfert 1 galaxy located in the ...

galaxy collisions occur. One such collision can be seen in the lower right of the image of the Virgo cluster below. Galaxies at the center of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies The largest nearby ...

The giant elliptical galaxy Virgo A (M87, NGC 4486) is located at the center of the Virgo Cluster. This galaxy, about 50 million light-years from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels ...

There are millions of galaxies in the universe, and while astronomers have cataloged many, some remain relatively unknown to the general public. Here are seven lesser-known galaxies beyond the Milky W ...

On March 14th, we will witness and brace for the fallout of a total lunar Blood Moon eclipse in Virgo. A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow, darkening or ...

On March 14, 2025, we’ll be under the skies and the influence of a total lunar Blood Moon eclipse in Virgo. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow completely over a full moon.

A recent study of the NGC 5018 galaxy group, located about 132.5 million light years away in the Virgo constellation, provides new insights into its globular cluster (GC) system. Researchers ...

This intermediate spiral galaxy is located about 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. Known as NGC 4536, the galaxy boasts sweeping spiral arms speckled with bright blue ...