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.

A nearly symmetrical spiral, the galaxy sits in the constellation Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear. You can pick out the blue stars that dot its spiral arms, stretching out across the span ...

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 ...

The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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.

Astronomy Space photo of the week: Bizarre 1-armed spiral galaxy stuns Hubble scientists. ... 40 million light-years away, in the constellation Ursa Major . When it was shared: April 10, 2024 .

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.

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, ...