As M88 heads towards M87 through the intracluster medium, it is being stripped of star-forming gas.
A vast river of neutral hydrogen bridges two galaxies that are beginning to enter the monstrous Virgo Cluster, and this structure is helping astronomers better understand our Milky Way's relationship ...
The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions ...
Discover how Hubble's latest image reveals Messier 88, a spiral galaxy losing its star-forming fuel on a slow journey through ...
A spectacular spiral galaxy known as M88 is traveling toward the crowded heart of the Virgo Cluster, where powerful forces ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped a delicate dance of celestial bodies in a new image of a distant galaxy that’s on a ...
On the night of June 23, 2025, a camera the size of a small car blinked open atop a Chilean mountain and swallowed a patch of sky so vast it could hold 40 full moons. When astronomers examined what ...
The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory showed off a breathtaking preview of its capabilities — capturing millions of stars and galaxies light-years from Earth, along with thousands of ...
The Ursid meteor shower is scheduled to peak on December 22. Comet 24P/Schaumasse, glowing at approximately 11th magnitude, is visible in the early-morning sky as it approaches the Virgo Cluster. The ...
Learn about the Great Attractor, a region of the universe that is constantly pulling the Milky Way and thousands of other ...