This new image of the rose-coloured star forming region Messier 17 was captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It is one of the ...

The latest image sent by the Hubble Space Telescope has captured more details about the active spiral galaxy, Messier 88 or M88, first detected by Charles Messier on March 18, 1781.

Scientists have long been aware of the massive elliptical galaxy, M87. The galaxy was first observed in the late 18th century by Charles Messier, who cataloged objects in the sky specifically to avoid ...