When it comes to star formation, not all galaxies are the same. Some are quenched, meaning they've depleted their star ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again unveiled groundbreaking insights into the universe, this time ...

Starburst galaxy M82 shines spectacularly in this Hubble Space Telescope image; spying it through a backyard scope, on the other hand, can reveal what seem like secret shimmering stars.

This starburst galaxy, also known as Messier 82 (M82), has a compact but turbulent environment at its core that could give scientists a clearer picture of how stars are born en masse, and how ...

M82 is located close to the ladle of the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major and is the nearest starburst galaxy at a distance of about 11 million light-years from Earth.

The new supernova 2014J, the brightest since 1993, is located in the galaxy M82. This Type-Ia supernova has just reached its peak brightness of magnitude 10.6.

Due to the effects of its proximity to another galaxy, M82 is a nursery of sorts to massive stars, which are 10 times more common there than in the Milky Way.

The galaxy, known as M82, is 10 million light years away and is a stellar production line churning out new stars at a prodigious rate. However, many of these stars die quickly in huge explosions ...

These before and after shots of the Cigar Galaxy (M82) by amateur astronomer Fred Hermann illustrate the dramatic emergence of a new supernova. The image at left was captured on Nov. 28, 2013.

I woke up to some great science news: A supernova has gone off in the nearby galaxy M82!. This is terribly exciting for astronomers. M82 is pretty close as galaxies go, less than 12 million light ...

The M82 Galaxy - before and after. The crosshairs in the picture on the right show the appearance of the supernova. Image credit: UCL/Steve Fossey/Ben Cooke/Guy POllack/Matthew Wilde/Thomas Wright.