Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.

The Hubble Space Telescope’s latest stunning images have allowed scientists to solve the mystery of the Bullseye Galaxy’s ...

Around 50 million years ago, a blue dwarf galaxy shot through the center of an enormous galaxy more than twice the size of ...

The galaxy, officially named LEDA 1313424, lies approximately 567 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.

The Bullseye is now confirmed to have nine rings, eight of which are visible to Hubble. Researchers confirmed the existence ...

A small blue dwarf galaxy passed through the massive Bullseye galaxy. This impact created nine rings of new stars.

The research team said these rings likely formed when a smaller galaxy shot through the heart of the Bullseye galaxy roughly ...

Not far from the larger galaxy is a smaller one, seen in visible light images using the Hubble Space Telescope. Observations ...

The eight ripples seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in this cosmic scene marks the most ever seen in any galaxy, and data ...

Hubble’s high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to hone in on more of the Bullseye galaxy’s rings — and helped confirm ...

The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured this striking image of an unusual galaxy with a bullseye structure, as nine rings ...