A satellite of the Andromeda galaxy and a member of the Local Group — galaxies closest to the Milky Way — M110 is less than three billion light-years from Earth. While elliptical galaxies are often ...

As backyard observers may know, some modest telescopes lack the optics or aperture to cleanly resolve deep-sky objects like nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. This leads to fuzzy images, often ...

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ESO: The nebula Messier 78 takes center stage in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, while the stars powering the ...

The spiral galaxy in the shot resembles our own Milky Way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A spiral galaxy adorns "Berenice's ...