Elliptical galaxies Collection

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This picture showcases a gravitational lensing system called SDSS J0928+2031. Astronomers are using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of this type of lensing to research how stars form

Despite its unassuming appearance, the edge-on spiral galaxy captured in the left half of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is actually quite remarkable

The primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope consisting of 18 hexagonal mirrors looks like a giant
The primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope consisting of 18 hexagonal mirrors looks like a giant puzzle piece standing in the massive clean room of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in

This deepest-ever view of the universe unveils myriad galaxies back to the begirning of time. Several hundred, never-before-seen, galaxies are visible in this view of the universe

Atlas Image mosaic, covering 34 x 34 on the sky, of the Coma cluster, aka Abell 1656. This is a particularly rich cluster of individual galaxies (over 1000 members)

This picture, taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows NGC 4696
This picture, taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows NGC 4696, the largest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster. (To see a video of NGC 4696 go here a href= http //) ) /a The huge dust lane

A lone source shines out brightly from the dark expanse of deep space, glowing softly against a picturesque backdrop of distant stars and colorful galaxies

Artist's impression of a firestorm of star birth deep inside core of young, growing elliptical galaxy
Artist's impression of a firestorm of star birth deep inside core of young, growing elliptical galaxy

This Hubble image shows NGC 4789A, a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It certainly lives up to its name -- the stars that call this galaxy home are smeared out across

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the dense galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 in the northern
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the dense galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 in the northern constellation Corona Borealis

The star of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a galaxy known as NGC 4656, located in the constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs)

New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal the Sombrero galaxy is not simply a regular flat disk
New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal the Sombrero galaxy is not simply a regular flat disk galaxy of stars as previously believed

By combining the power of a "natural lens" in space with the capability of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
By combining the power of a "natural lens" in space with the capability of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers made a surprising discovery--the first example of very compact yet

This artist's concept shows a feeding, or active, supermassive black hole with a jet streaming outward at
This artist's concept shows a feeding, or active, supermassive black hole with a jet streaming outward at nearly the speed of light

This image from NASA's WISE spacecraft shows a blazar, a voracious supermassive black hole inside a galaxy with a
This image from NASA's WISE spacecraft shows a blazar, a voracious supermassive black hole inside a galaxy with a jet that happens to be pointed right toward Earth

Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a super massive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A illustrate the combined imaging power of two of astronomy's

The giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128, show here in visible light, hosts the radio source known as Centaurus A. Located 12 million light-years away, it is one of the closest active galaxies

NASA image release May 20, 2011 The giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 is the radio source known as Centaurus A. Vast radio-emitting lobes (shown as orange in this optical/radio composite)

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View a video clip zoom in on galaxy ESO 306-17 here a href= http // /a This image from the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope highlights the large

Evidence from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer supports the long-held notion that many galaxies begin life as
Evidence from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer supports the long-held notion that many galaxies begin life as smaller spirals before transforming into larger, elliptical-shaped galaxies

NGC 454 is galaxy pair comprising a large red elliptical galaxy and an irregular gas-rich blue galaxy. This image is part of a large collection of images of merging galaxies taken by NASA's Hubble

The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the newest camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, has captured a spectacular pair of galaxies

This artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy
This artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer found evidence that black holes (once they grow to a critical size)

Two large elliptical galaxies, NGC 4889 and NGC 4874 are shown in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
Two large elliptical galaxies, NGC 4889 and NGC 4874 are shown in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87)
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87), the home galaxy of the supermassive black hole recently imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)

The gravitational field surrounding this massive cluster of galaxies, Abell 68, acts as a natural lens in space to brighten and magnify the light coming from very distant background galaxies

This image, taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the globular cluster Terzan 1

This image, courtesy of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)
This image, courtesy of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), captures the glow of distant stars within NGC 5264

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 Astronomers may have found the densest galaxy in the nearby universe. The galaxy, known as M60-UCD1, is located near a massive elliptical galaxy NGC 4649, also called M60

The gravitational field surrounding this massive cluster of galaxies, Abell 68, acts as a natural lens in space to brighten and magnify the light coming from very distant background galaxies

NASA image release August 10, 2010 A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral galaxy located deep within the Coma Cluster of galaxies

AM 1316-241 is made up of two interacting galaxies?a spiral galaxy (on the left of the frame) in front of an elliptical galaxy (on the right of the frame)

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