NGC 4258 is a spiral galaxy about 25 million light years from Earth, also known as M106. The Chandra image of NGC 4258 reveals the so-called anomalous arms. These mysterious structures are due to ...

The Chandra X-ray image reveals huge bubbles of hot gas above and below the plane of the galaxy. These bubbles indicate that much of the gas that was originally in the disk of the galaxy has been ...

At the heart of galaxy NGC 4258 lies a black hole that’s 10 times more massive than the one in our galaxy — and it’s blasting gas out of the galactic plane, creating those purple galactic arms that ...

As the US prepares for 4th of July fireworks here on Earth, a nearby spiral galaxy similar to our Milky Way is putting on a pyrotechnics display of its own. The galaxy, NGC 4258 (also known as Messier ...

In a galaxy far, far away… a pretty impressive light show is going on. NASA has captured the galactic display taking place on NGC 4258, some 23 million light years from Earth. The incredible display ...

This galaxy looks like our own Milky Way, except for a pair of spiral arms emerging out of the galactic plane. That one anomaly is enough to radically change the evolution of NGC 4258, as powerful ...

A staggering 23 million light years across the cosmos is a galaxy which is putting on “galactic pyrotechnics”. The galaxy is known as NGC 4258 which features glowing “arms” which intersect through the ...

The galactic fireworks display taking place in NGC 4258 as captured by Chanda X-Ray Observatory. (Contributed photo/NASA/CXC/Caltech/P.Ogle et al; Optical: NASA/STScI ...