Montage of JWST images showing six example barred galaxies, two of which represent the highest lookback times quantitatively identified and characterized to date. The labels in the top left of ...

This simulation shows both how stellar bars form (left) and the bar-driven gas inflows (right). Stellar bars play an important role in galaxy evolution by funneling gas into the central regions of ...

Many spiral galaxies contain a bar structure that crosses through the center. This photo is of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, which is clearly vis... Second, third generation leaders shape ...

Hubble captures a stunning view of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), famous for its brilliant central core and wide, dark dust lanes. Seen edge-on from Earth, its unique shape looks like a Mexican hat, ...

Galaxies are classified into elliptical, lenticular, and spiral (or barred spiral) galaxies. Galaxies with irregular shapes that do not fit into any categories are classified as irregular galaxies.

This week’s small-telescope target is the Golden Earring, otherwise known as open cluster NGC 2547 in the southern constellation Vela the Sails. Oh, my! Here’s a gorgeous object that ...

"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ultraviolet light." A recent image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a ...