Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.

The galaxy, officially named LEDA 1313424, lies approximately 567 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.

Just like fingerprints and snowflakes, no two galaxies in the entire Universe are exactly alike. But a new discovery 567 ...

Just when you think you’ve seen them all, someone comes up with something new and unusual, like the concentric rings of this automated perpetual calendar. What we really like about the design ...

A Yale-led team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic rarity: a super-sized galaxy with nine concentric rings. Officially known as LEDA 1313424, the “Bullseye” galaxy got its rings about 50 million ...