The clashing galaxies NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) as seen by the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i A 100-year-old mystery surrounding the "shape-shifting" nature of some galaxies has been ...

The clashing galaxies NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) as seen by the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i A 100-year-old mystery surrounding the "shape-shifting" nature of some galaxies has been ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of galaxies LEDA 48062 and UGC 8603. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R.

The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 bathes this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in a pale light. Captured with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, this galaxy is around 44 million ...

Ripples of a Galactic Merger. The Hubble Space Telescope recently gathered this image of lenticular galaxy NGC 4753, about 60 ...

Imaged beautifully by Hubble, NGC 6684 is a 'lenticular' galaxy very different to our own Milky Way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

It looks a bit like a boat, or a stout fedora. So what the hell is this rusty brown gossamer of a space cloud? If we’re being perfectly specific, it’s the lenticular galaxy NGC 4753, which sits about ...

This unique celestial pair comprises NGC 274, the lenticular galaxy visible on the right, and NGC 275, the barred spiral galaxy on the left. According to NASA, they are positioned in the constellation ...

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured this captivating image of the lenticular galaxy NGC 3489, located some 30 million light-years away in the constellation Leo the Lion. Lenticular galaxies ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, operated jointly by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), has unveiled a captivating view of the lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 - its form bathed in delicate, ethereal ...

A century-old mystery of how galaxies change shapes has been solved by considering 'survival of the fittest' collisions between cosmic titans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...