The Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, classified as a dE3 elliptical, is a Milky Way satellite positioned approximately 300,000 light-years distant and holds the distinction of being the first telescopically ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a small dwarf galaxy called IC 3430 that’s located 45 million light-years away. This galaxy is classified as both a dwarf galaxy, because of its small ...

A Hubble Space Telescope image shows a dwarf galaxy, VCC128, at the center, and the enlargement at right shows a double nucleus that suggests the presence of a black hole. Astronomers have found ...

The work marks an elusive goal for astronomers and offers the potential for better understanding of the mysterious origin of dwarf elliptical galaxies, a subspecies of the universe’s most common ...

A dwarf galaxy that appears to harbor a supermassive black hole far bigger than expected may have had most of its stars stolen from it by the Milky Way, scientists have proposed. In a study published ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the subtle glow of the galaxy named IC 3430, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. This dwarf elliptical galaxy is ...

A view of the spiral galaxy NGC 3982, as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Galaxies come in many different variations, but astronomers classify them into four main types: spiral, elliptical, ...

StarStuff photo of the week This photo of the globular cluster Messier 54 may look tranquil but astronomers believe it's the site of an act of galactic cannibalism. Located about 87,000 light years ...

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