The Virgo cluster, despite being millions of light-years away, closest large galaxy cluster to Earth. The Virgo galaxy ...

A Canadian-led team of researchers has discovered a 'baby' galaxy cluster in the early universe surrounded by gas far hotter ...

Among the countless galaxies in the cosmos, some remain faint from Earth. NGC 4535, located about 50 million light-years away ...

Spring has sprung — and for lovers of deep-sky objects, that means it’s galaxy season. This is a time of the year when that pesky, band of glowing stars and shadowy dust that we call the Milky Way is ...

It’s easy to get swept up in the swirling starry arms of this intermediate spiral galaxy, NGC 4654, in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy has a bright center and is labeled “intermediate” because it ...

NASA Hubble data show stripped gas surrounding edge-on galaxy NGC 4388 in the Virgo cluster, revealing ionized plumes and structural details from black hole activity and cluster interactions.

A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden), NGC 4388 is a resident of the Virgo ...

The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is especially rich in galaxies, due in part to the presence of a massive and gravitationally-bound collection of over 1300 galaxies called the Virgo Cluster.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy NGC 4388, a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster.ESA/Hubble & ...