Many galaxies are chock-full of dust, while others have occasional dark streaks of opaque cosmic soot swirling in amongst their gas and stars. However, the subject of this new image, snapped with the ...

A small, nearby galaxy boasts very little cosmic dust, making it easier for telescopes to capture an incredible new image of its "squeaky clean" expanse. The dwarf galaxy IC 1613's lack of dust ...

This image, captured with the OmegaCAM camera on ESO's VLT Survey Telescope in Chile, shows an unusually clean small galaxy. IC 1613 contains very little cosmic dust, allowing astronomers to explore ...

This stunning new image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) reveals the closest galaxy to our Milky Way in exquisite detail. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or ...

Our galaxy — the Milky Way — is part of a larger group of galaxies, called the Local Group. And astronomers have provided a look at one of our neighbours in stunning detail. The Local Group is ...

IC 1613 is a dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). This VST image [1] shows the galaxy's unconventional beauty, all scattered stars and bright pink gas, in great detail. German ...