Here’s how it works. An elliptical galaxy NGC 3640 situated just above its smaller galactic neighbor NGC 3641. (Image credit: ESO/INAF/M. Mirabile et al./R. Ragusa et al.) ...

Here’s how it works. The unusual galaxy NGC 4694 has traits unique to the two main galaxy types, spiral and elliptical.(Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker) ...

NGC 4753 is a lenticular galaxy — a cross between a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way and an elliptical galaxy, according to NASA. Lenticular galaxies have a central bulge and disk — just like ...

Markarian's Chain lies just north of Messier 87, accompanied by smaller elliptical galaxies NGC 4476, NGC 4478, and NGC 4486A in the immediate vicinity.

An elliptical galaxy (left) and a spiral galaxy (right). The image includes near-infrared light from the James Webb Space Telescope and ultraviolet and visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Known as NGC 6684, this galaxy in the constellation of Pavo, which can be seen from the Southern Hemisphere. Lenticular galaxies are different from spiral galaxies such as our Milky Way.

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NGC 547 shines just below the center of this image, with its companion galaxy NGC 545 near the upper left. Collectively, the pair is known as Arp 308.

NGC 1156, while having characteristics of both a spiral and elliptical galaxy, is classified as an irregular galaxy. The irregular dwarf galaxy is located 25 million light-years from Earth in the ...

This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows one such irregular galaxy called NGC 1156. It doesn’t have the reaching arms of a spiral galaxy nor the long shape of an elliptical, but ...

It shows a huge elliptical galaxy called NGC 474 that lies about 100 million light-years away from us. At about two-and-a-half times larger than our Milky Way Galaxy, it’s really a behemoth.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of, NGC 474, an elliptical galaxy that's 2.5 times larger than our Milky Way.