Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a striking cosmic vista featuring the grand design spiral galaxy M81 alongside the nearby 'Cigar Galaxy' (M82), against the faint swirling mass of an ...

Integral sent an alert to astronomers who, just 13 seconds after the flare, realized these gamma rays seemed to be coming from the bright galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the "Cigar Galaxy" due ...

Bode's Galaxy (M81) can be seen shining in the center of this cosmic vista captured by amateur astronomer Greg Meyer, with the irregularly-shaped Cigar Galaxy (M82) close to its left, against the ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a striking cosmic vista featuring the grand design spiral galaxy M81 alongside the nearby 'Cigar Galaxy' (M82), against the faint swirling mass of an ...