Known as NGC 5486, this irregular spiral galaxy lies 110 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It is classified as an irregular galaxy because it doesn't have a defined ...

The highly inclined barred spiral M108 in Ursa Major is sometimes called the Surfboard Galaxy. It's not to be missed.

The galaxy IC 758, shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, is situated 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Hubble captured this image in 2023. IC ...

Where it is: 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. When it was shared: Feb. 21, 2025. You may like Space photo of the week: Bizarre 1-armed spiral galaxy stuns Hubble scientists ...

Hubble’s view of UGC 5460, a sparkling spiral in Ursa Major, reveals its starry bar and blue clusters-alongside a nearby ...

The barred spiral galaxy Messier 109./Robert Eder Messier 109 is a barred spiral galaxy known as the "vacuum cleaner galaxy" due to its appearance, which resembles a vacuum cleaner drawing in dust ...

A star exploded as a supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major, Sky and Telescope reports. It’s bright enough to see with a small telescope.

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is the third-largest constellation in the sky. ... The galaxy's spiral disk stretches 170,000 light-years across; for comparison, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope set its sights on a galaxy 20 million light-years away, capturing a dazzling star-forming galaxy in images streaked with the signature of passing asteroids.