Hoag's Object is a rare ring galaxy, very far from Earth. It has a central core of older, red stars surrounded by a ring of younger, blue stars. Ring galaxies may form from galaxy collisions, but Hoag ...
Hoag’s Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Benoit Blanco NASA and the European Space Agency have shared this beautiful and striking image of a most ...
Every once in a while, we find an object in the Universe that completely mystifies us. For generations, astronomers have been observing distant galaxies present all throughout the Universe, ...