Some ten million light-years away from Earth sits a brilliant spiral galaxy officially called NGC 253 but known by many different names: Caldwell 65, Silver Dollar Galaxy, the Silver Coin. Most people ...

The researchers observed the Sculptor Galaxy for over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the VLT to create the detailed map. They then stitched together over 100 ...

The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral structure. But while it is impossible to get a full view of the Milky Way ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific wavelengths — fingerprints that reveal their age, motion, and chemical makeup.

It’s not every day we get to see a visual of the entire Sculptor Galaxy, located approximately 10-11 million light-years from Earth, in all its kaleidoscopic splendour. Luckily for us ...

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have captured an ultra-detailed image of the Sculptor galaxy, which they say ...

Seen as a long strand with smaller threads branching, the Quipu superstructure contains 68 galaxy clusters spanning 1.4 ...

Four thousand colours that make up the Sculptor galaxy have been revealed in ultra-detail. Photo: AP PHOTO The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way.

Sculptor is about 11 million light-years from Earth, making it one of the closest big galaxies to the Milky Way.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral structure. Astronomers have done just that ...