But the photo is an optical illusion. This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a spiral galaxy and a bright star, both in the constellation Virgo. The two celestial bodies appear to be close to one ...

The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope, is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens ...

The bright white region in the lower right quadrant of the image is the galactic center, home to a supermassive black hole. William Parsons, Earl of Rosse Galactic Swirl (1845): Even the grandest ...