Ring galaxies are some of the rarest galaxies found throughout our universe, and for years scientists have scratched their heads, trying to figure out exactly how these galaxies came to be.

The ring of galaxies, appropriately called the "Big Ring," has a circumference of nearly 4 billion light-years. An intergalactic ring-shaped superstructure of galaxies and galaxy clusters — so ...

They only complete a half-turn around the galaxy. "The classification of ‘ring galaxy' is reserved for peculiar galaxies with a round ring of gas and star formation, much like spiral arms look ...

"Polar ring galaxies are some of the most spectacular looking galaxies in the universe," team co-leader and Queen’s University, Canada, researcher Nathan Deg said in a statement. "These findings ...

The scientists report that the stunning structures sported by the two galaxies are indeed probably polar rings, with NGC 4632’s ring spanning roughly 60,000 light-years. And these two may have ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image features a remote galaxy, which appears as a red arc that partially encircles a foreground elliptical galaxy.

Manitoba), Nathan Deg (Queen's University) & WALLABY Survey, CSIRO / ASKAP, NAOJ / Subaru Telescope Astronomers have found two cosmic structures that may be examples of rare polar ring galaxies.

These new detections suggest polar ring galaxies might be more common than previously believed. A group of international astronomers, including researchers from Queen's University, has identified ...

Just like fingerprints and snowflakes, no two galaxies in the entire Universe are exactly alike. But a new discovery 567 million light-years away really is jaw-droppingly unique. There ...

known as an Einstein Ring, was discovered in September 2023 by Euclid, a space telescope on a six-year mission to map out the cosmos by observing billions of galaxies. Photos of the Einstein Ring ...

With a powerful enough lensing effect as produced by NGC 6505, multiple images of background galaxies are formed into arcs, producing an apparent ring. Lenses that are less spherical and more ...