On the left is an image of the Sombrero galaxy (M104) that includes a portion of the much fainter halo far outside its bright disk and bulge. Hubble photographed two regions in the halo (one of ...

Located around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, the Sombrero Galaxy is instantly recognisable. Viewed nearly edge on, the galaxy’s softly luminous bulge and sharply ...

The Sombrero galaxy shines in a new mid-infrared image, revealing a smooth inner disk and intricate clumps in its outer ring. A pulsar wind nebula resembles a ghostly hand in a composite image ...

The detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons—carbon-based molecules often associated with star-forming regions—suggests potential for stellar activity, though the Sombrero galaxy remains ...