These May nights provide the skywatcher impressive views of galactic clusters unimpeded by the Milky Way, the chance to study ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

This constellation is home to the eponymous Virgo Cluster of galaxies, which includes the massive elliptical galaxy M87. Discovered in 1781, this magnitude 8.6 galaxy spans roughly 7’ and is ...

Along with a number of neighbouring galaxies — including our closest galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy — it forms what ...

NGC 2835 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra, observed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 4254 is a spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, known for its high surface ...

ABSTRACT: A simple gravitational alternative to the Hubble-Lemaitre Law is presented. Measured redshifts are attributed to gravitation rather than recessional velocity. The measured redshift-distance ...

Alexandria Echo Press reporter Lisa Johnson and Astro Bob talk about the Milky Way, galaxies in Virgo, and Bob's latest award ...

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

Virgo Cluster (M87) – a luminous, intermediate spiral galaxy, 55 million light-years from earth, and home to a giant black hole. There are a lot of other objects to view. What we see will depend on ...