image: NGC 2336 is the quintessential galaxy -- big, beautiful, and blue -- and it is captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The barred spiral galaxy stretches an immense 200,000 ...

A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda galaxy. Zoom in and explore.

The bright blue stars twinkling throughout NGC 2336's spiral arms make the galaxy especially beautiful. These are young stars, which give off bright, blue light. At NGC 2336's center is a darker ...

Click to viewThe Pinwheel galaxy shimmers with life, but it’s surrounded by death. Those red and blue areas surrounding the galaxy are devoid of organics, otherwise known as polycyclic aromatic ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. It's the year 2000. We're floating in space, and we come across the side view of a spectacular ...

This composite image layers on optical wavelengths (white, orange, blue), X-ray wavelengths (purple), and radio data (green). In optical light, Hercules A looks like a fairly boring elliptical galaxy.

Hoag’s Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Benoit Blanco NASA and the European Space Agency have shared this beautiful and striking image of a most ...

NGC 2336 is the quintessential galaxy -- big, beautiful, and blue -- and it is captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The barred spiral galaxy stretches an immense 200,000 light ...

NGC 2336 is the quintessential galaxy — big, beautiful, and blue — and it is captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The barred spiral galaxy stretches an immense 200,000 light ...

NGC 2336 is the quintessential galaxy — big, beautiful, and blue — and it is captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The barred spiral galaxy stretches an immense […] ...