also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486. Now, this cosmic behemoth has taken center stage again. It produced a gamma-ray flare so energetic it practically rewrites the limits of astrophysical phenomena.

Also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, M87 is the brightest object in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, the largest gravitationally bound type of structure in the universe.

The galaxy ESO 300-16 looms over this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy, which lies 28.7 million light-years from the earth. NGC 6827 is a Seyfert 1 galaxy located in the ...

The giant elliptical galaxy Virgo A (M87, NGC 4486) is located at the center of the Virgo Cluster. This galaxy, about 50 million light-years from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels ...