The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which was ...

Elliptical galaxy—A galaxy that appears round or elliptical ... Kuiper Belt—A donut-shaped region of comets in orbit beyond Neptune, assumed to be the oldest surviving remnant of the original ...

two distant galaxies overlapping each other. An elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy appear as one celestial body as a result of the effects of mass on spacetime, the fabric of the universe.

Though visually dynamic, it shows minimal star formation and hosts a massive but dormant black hole. The galaxy's unique hybrid structure—featuring traits of both spiral and elliptical ...

Included in the image are (from top to bottom) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ... It is also called the “Cigar Galaxy” because of the elliptical shape produced by the oblique tilt ...

The image, taken with Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, reveals a brilliant quasar at the center, along with an unexpected elliptical galaxy positioned in front of it, located 7 ...