185K views · 2K reactions | Journey through space and time across 13.8 billion years of cosmic evolution and deep into the future with #COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS. Watch Mondays at 8/7c on National Geographic. | National Geographic TV | Facebook

Messier 96: A Distorted Spiral Galaxy #Space Messier 96 is a breathtaking spiral galaxy located about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. Captured by NASA & ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope, this galaxy stands out for its off-center core and uneven spiral arms, giving it the appearance of a giant cosmic maelstrom. Unlike perfectly symmetrical spiral galaxies, Messier 96 has been gravitationally distorted by interactions with nearby galaxies in the Leo I Group. These subtle but powe

Journey to Irregular Spiral Galaxy NGC 922 in Fornax | Hubble FriendsofNASA.org: This video sequence begins with a zoom from the night sky through the constellation of Fornax, finishing with Hubble observations of NGC 922, a collisional ring galaxy. An almost complete circle of bright pink nebulae skirts around a spiral galaxy in this Hubble image. The ring structure and the galaxy’s distorted spiral shape result from a smaller galaxy scoring a cosmic bullseye, hitting the center of NGC 922 arou