When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Five local galaxies as seen by the Very Large Telescope survey (VST) . | Credit: INAF/VST-SMASH/C ...

Edwin Hubble initially identified approximately 11-12 galaxies within the Local Group, a term he coined, while current estimations place the number of members at 125 or more. The Local Group's total ...

"This is useful to uncover leftovers from galactic interactions, constraining the hierarchical process of cosmic structure formation." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) located in the Atacama desert region of Northern Chile, astronomers have revealed five stunning portraits of galaxies in the local universe. The images of these ...