The Condor Galaxy is a colossal spiral galaxy disturbed by the smaller IC 4970. It is the largest known spiral galaxy with the isophotal diameter of over 717,000 light-years (220 kiloparsecs). [1]

Feb 17, 2022 · At 16.3 million light-years wide, the Alcyoneus galaxy has a diameter 160 times wider than the Milky Way and four times that of the previous title holder, IC 1101, which spans 3.9 million...

Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several trillion stars.

Jan 5, 2020 · This majestic spiral galaxy might earn the nickname the "Godzilla galaxy" because it may be the largest known in the local universe. The galaxy, UGC 2885, is 2.5 times wider than our Milky Way and contains 10 times as many stars.

The giant elliptical galaxy ESO 325-4. An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the three main classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hubble sequence and 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae, [1] along with spiral and lenticular galaxies.

Jan 21, 2025 · Astronomers have detected a remarkable new giant radio galaxy (GRG) with plasma jets that span 32 times the size of our Milky Way galaxy. This cosmic giant, with a span of 3.3 million light-years from end-to-end, was identified by the South African MeerKAT telescope.

Jan 20, 2025 · A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure 3.3 million light-years across.

4 days ago · This view of galaxy NGC 1275, at the core of the Perseus cluster of galaxies, is one of the closest modern giant ellipticals known, located merely 230 million light-years away.

Mar 21, 2025 · A giant surprise. We previously thought galaxy disks form gradually over a long period: either through gas smoothly flowing into galaxies from surrounding space, or by merging with smaller galaxies.

Mar 26, 2025 · This JWST image shows the Big Wheel galaxy (in the center) and its cosmic environment. The galaxy is a gigantic rotating disk lying 11 to 12 billion light-years away. Its spiral disk stretches across 100,000 light-years, making it larger than any other galaxy disk confirmed at this epoch of the universe.