The shell galaxy NGC 3923. Image: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s ...
A new image taken by the Dark Energy Camera shows a “galactic onion,” a shell galaxy with multiple layers that are spread out over a distance of 150,000 light-years. At around twice the size of the ...
Billions of galaxies dot our observable universe, and this image captures a less-commonly seen example, Arp 227. Warren Keller and Steve Mazlin took this image from Star Shadows Remote Observatory ...