The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a spiral galaxy battling titanic forces appearing on galactic scales in space. This is NGC 4654, an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). It is classified as “intermediate” because its overall shape falls between spiral galaxies that have a bar in their
Red, white and blue stars shine like a fluttering flare on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. NASA released this image to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, as the agency continues America’s legacy of exploration. Located in the outer halo of our Milky Way galaxy, the globular cluster NGC 6426