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An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target.

At the center of our galaxy, hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the black hole Sagittarius A* rotates rapidly, ...

An elliptical galaxy NGC 3640 situated just above its smaller galactic neighbor NGC 3641. . | Credit: ESO/INAF/M. Mirabile et al./R. Ragusa et al. An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of ...

There are millions of galaxies in the universe, and while astronomers have cataloged many, some remain relatively unknown to ...

A new image shows Arp 105, a dazzling ongoing union between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy drawn together by ...

The giant elliptical galaxy Virgo A (M87, NGC 4486) is located at the center of the Virgo Cluster. This galaxy, about 50 million light-years from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels ...

By analyzing multiwavelength data from various space telescopes and astronomical surveys, Chinese astronomers have explored ...

Centaurus A: The image presents an elliptical galaxy encircled by a dark dust lane, observed through a ground-based telescope ...

Read Showing a large portion of M66, this Hubble photo is a composite of images obtained at visible and infrared wavelengths.