M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one

In the next decade, a handful of new mega telescopes, both space-based and ground-based, are poised to answer some of the biggest questions in science. The Hubble Space Telescope was just the most recent