We named this galaxy Zhúlóng, meaning ‘Torch Dragon’ in Chinese mythology.

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

The exterior of Villepinte Prison, 15 April, 2025 ...

M16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is a young star-forming region in the Serpens constellation, famously home to the "Pillars of Creation" captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 3627 is a ...

Once mistaken for a fuzzy star cluster, the stunning Squid Galaxy—formally known as Messier 77—has transformed in the eyes of astronomers over the centuries. Originally discovered in the 1700s by ...

Learn about the optical rotatum, a newfound structure of light that exhibits a spiral pattern linked with various parts of nature.

A team has revealed new insights into the motion of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small galaxy neighboring the Milky Way. Their findings suggest that the gravitational pull of ...

Pushing the limits of structured light, applied physicists report a new type of optical vortex beam that not only twists as it travels but also changes in different parts at different rates to create ...

To celebrate Hubble's 35th anniversary, ESA/Hubble released a breathtaking new image of the star-forming region NGC 346 in ...

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Up until recently, astronomy was reliant entirely on electromagnetic waves. While that changed with the confirmation of ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530, located 40 million light-years ...