The bright galaxy NGC 3621, captured in a new image using the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile, appears to be a fine ...

This stunner of a galaxy, called NGC 3621, may look like a run-of-the-mill spiral galaxy. But closer observation shows that it's missing the characteristic central bulge that marks most spiral ...

Apparently, though collisions are what made the Milky Way and Andromeda the giants they are today, NGC 3621 has never suffered through one, or at least not a big one. That's a bit weird, but ...

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The explosive death of a star — a supernova — is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks as it unfolds has remained mysterious. Scientists now have observed for ...

The bright galaxy NGC 3621, captured here using the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile, appears to be a fine ...

NGC 3621 is a spiral galaxy about 22 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra (The Sea Snake). It is comparatively bright and can be seen well in moderate-sized telescopes. This picture ...