a spiral galaxy with a bright point of light at the end of one of its arms A new supernova recently discovered in the Pinwheel Galaxy continues to put on a show for astronomers. The supernova, called ...

Stargazers, rejoice: There's a new supernova in the night sky. Though not visible with the naked eye, the supernova is bright enough to see through a small telescope, according to Sky and Telescope ...

The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), located 27 million light-years away, was observed above Al-Sahla near Rafha, appearing close to ...

This new Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel galaxy, one of the best known examples of “grand design spirals”, and its supergiant star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the ...

(CNN) — A sparkling new supernova has appeared in the night sky, and a telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii was perfectly poised to capture the aftermath of the cosmic burst. (CNN) — A sparkling new ...

In the colossal Pinwheel galaxy, 25 million light-years away, a star has just exploded and is even visible through small telescopes. The supernova-hunting astronomer Koichi Itagaki discovered the ...

The Pinwheel galaxies’ spiral arms give it its name. We are entering the galaxy season in which the earth position gives us the best views of constellations that contain many galaxies. To the right we ...

This week on Looking Up we get face to face with M83, a beautiful galaxy , also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. If you have a clear view to the south, you may just be able to catch a glimpse of ...

Twelve million light-years away lies the galactic masterpiece Messier 83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. Its swirling spiral arms display a high rate of star formation and host six ...

Dave Eicher, Editor Emeritus for *Astronomy* magazine, encourages evening skygazers to observe the Pinwheel Galaxy. The Pinwheel Galaxy is also known by its alternative designation, the Triangulum ...

The Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The fluffy-looking galaxy, officially named Messier 101, is dominated by a mishmash of spiral ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured two views of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, revealing that galaxies — like ogres and onions — have layers. So much is invisible to us because our eyes can ...