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Tucana is a Southern Hemisphere constellation that contains one of the sky's best globular clusters and one of the closest galaxies to Earth, visible to the unaided eye.

An unsung heroine of astronomy finally receives well-deserved credit for her tireless work and momentous results.

The Milky Way Galaxy is one of 30-35 galaxies that are in the space neighborhood known as the Local Group. Here are some interesting facts about this "neighborhood."

Hubble's exceptional view of one of the galaxies in the Coma Cluster reveals the details in the spiral and its environs.

Capturing the visible light spectrum through the Hubble telescope shows amazing images, but the Chandra X-ray telescope captures even more impressive images.