This week’s first small-telescope target is open cluster NGC 956 in Andromeda. You’ll find it 5.7° east-northeast of magnitude 2.2 Almach (Gamma [γ] Andromedae). NGC 956 shines at magnitude 8.9 and ...

This near-infrared and visible image shows the galaxy M89 as viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide field and Planetary Camera 2. The 2019 image captures M89’s bright central nucleus and was ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of 'elliptical' galaxies are not spherical but disc-shaped, resembling spiral galaxies such as our own Milky Way with the gas and dust removed, new observations suggest.

For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy—an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with much ...