While we have plenty of spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, these are only the most common types of galaxies out there. There are still others, like elliptical or irregular galaxies.

There are three main types of galaxies: elliptical, spiral and irregular. The largest galaxies are called elliptical because they look like big globes of light emitted from a multitude of stars.

"The large volume of data from Rubin will give us a sample of all kinds of Type Ia supernovas at a range of distances and in ...

Astronomers have detected fast-repeating radio bursts from a distant "dead" galaxy that should not contain the energy to ...

This ultra-deep view of the Antlia Cluster reveals a spectacular array of galaxy types among the hundreds that make up its population. Galaxy clusters are some of the largest known structures in ...