Nested within the SMC is this spectacular star cluster, known as NGC 346. Its hot stars unleash a torrent of radiation and energetic outflows, which erode the denser portions of gas and dust in the ...
Discovered in 1784, NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23 or the Silver Sliver Galaxy) is an edge-on, unbarred spiral galaxy located some 30 million light years away. It has a size of about 100,000 ...