Spiral galaxy Messier 106–also known as NGC 4258–is the star of a new image taken with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Known for its galactic pyrotechnics, this swirling galaxy is about ...

S cientists with the European Space Agency (ESA) have released images of Messier 106, a nearby spiral galaxy located in the Canes Venatici constellation. Also known as NGC 4258, these sparkling ...

The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

Featured in this new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is Messier 106, also known as NGC 4258. This is a nearby spiral galaxy that resides roughly 23 million light-years away ...

Featured in this new image from the James Webb Space Telescope is Messier 106, also known as NGC 4258. This is a nearby spiral galaxy that resides roughly 23 million light-years away in the ...

Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to capture views of the spiral galaxy NGC 4258. They spotted the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's center actively eating cosmic material.

NGC 4449 is a dwarf galaxy turned stellar powerhouse, dazzling astronomers with its explosive star-forming activity and rich ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 4258, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, measures 30,000 light-years across and lies 23 million light-years from Earth—and new measurements of some of the stars within ...

That’s where a galaxy called NGC 4258 became important. NGC 4258 hosts water-rich clouds called megamasers. (A maser is the microwave equivalent of a laser; ...