The beautiful galaxy Messier 81 is tilted at an oblique angle on to our line of sight, giving a "birds-eye view" of the spiral structure. The galaxy is similar to our Milky Way, but our favourable ...

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies — a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner blazing with smoky star formation. The ...

In what has to be one of the most stunning images ever taken of any galaxy, ever, we come across Messier 81 (also known as Bode’s Galaxy), which lurks about 12 million light-years from Earth in the ...

This is M81 (also known as Messier 81, or Bode’s Galaxy). It can be found approximately 12 million light-years away from Earth, toward the constellation of Ursa Major. It should go without saying (it ...

They are among the great mysteries of the universe: bursts of radiation that last about a thousandth of a second and only appear in radio telescopes. Since their discovery in 2007, astronomers have ...

ESA’s spaceborne X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has carried out an exclusive observation of the galaxy Messier 82, for the ‘100 Hours of Astronomy’ cornerstone project for the International Year of ...

The beautiful galaxy Messier 81 is tilted at an oblique angle on to our line of sight, giving a "birds-eye view" of the spiral structure. The galaxy is similar to our Milky Way, but our favourable ...

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies -- a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner blazing with smoky star formation. NASA's ...