Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure and several spiral arms extending from the center. The galaxy has a dense central bulge around the Galactic Center ...

Like the Milky Way, it’s a spiral galaxy ... and the cycle repeats perfectly with this very characteristic shape,” GuhaThakurta said. “In addition, if you measure their average brightness ...

The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are massive, with plasma jets powered by supermassive black holes at their centers, stretching ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way -- the magnificent ... clear autumn night as a faint cigar-shaped object roughly the apparent angular ...

For starters, its based on the GM-2100 shape, which is a perennial favourite. And its metallic purple casing is a real show-stopper, with its Milky Way-style waves and swirls. The effect has been ...