This just in: The universe is an amazing, mysterious and — as it turns out — largely purple place. A new photograph of the Whirlpool Galaxy taken by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory gives amateur ...

Scientists are turning to the beautiful and famous Whirlpool Galaxy to look for areas where stars could eventually be born. By mapping out the presence of particular chemicals, they hope to learn ...

When galaxies appear in all their majesty to telescopes, what we are really seeing is the final result of many processes. And these have left astronomers puzzled. Thanks to next-generation ...

What it is: The Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as M51 and NGC 5194), a classic "grand design" spiral galaxy that measures 77,000 light-years from one side to the other. Where it is: 27 million ...

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is a classic, a real must that now gets into Calar Alto Documentary Photo Gallery with an impressive new photo obtained with the Zeiss 1.23 m reflector. The image displays ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning view of spiral galaxy M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, a galaxy so picturesque it is designated a grand-design spiral galaxy ...

Also known as Messier 51, this spiral staircase-shaped galaxy will be visible for most of the evening. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The gracefully curving arms of the majestic spiral galaxy, which is called "M51", look like a huge spiral staircase leading you to the very heart of space. But these arms are actually long lanes of ...

These images by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically different face-on views of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy. The image at left, taken in visible light, ...