NGC 3596 is a typical spiral galaxy, other than its straight-on orientation when viewed from Earth. The bright arms of NGC 3596 are comprised of stars, gas and dust. It is that area where the most ...

The star, known as WOH G64, is 160,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighboring galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. Researchers took the picture using the European ...

Astrophotographer Ron Brecher has captured a stunning deep sky image of the spiral galaxy M106 ... software to image cosmic objects ranging from Earth's moon, to monstrous deep sky galaxies.