Because the object’s name, LEDA 1313424, doesn’t roll off the tongue, his team nicknamed it the Bullseye. This Hubble image reveals why it’s an apt moniker: The galaxy boasts nine rings, six ...

Nasa ’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare cosmic phenomenon—an enormous galaxy, LEDA 1313424, rippling with nine star-filled rings after being struck by a much smaller blue dwarf galaxy.

The big picture: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an extraordinary cosmic event that astronomers are calling the "Bullseye." The massive galaxy LEDA 1313424 has been observed with an ...

Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope succeeded in capturing images of a galaxy resembling a 'bullseye.' This target galaxy is about 2.5 times the size of our Milky Way.

Using Hubble's trusty ACS (Advanced Camera for Surveys) system, he and his colleagues pursued the above image of LEDA 1313424, which fully revealed the galaxy's bullseye shape.

The Bullseye Galaxy has confirmed that this process does indeed take place. Not far from the larger galaxy is a smaller one, seen in visible light images using the Hubble Space Telescope ...

(CNN) – A new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows what is nicknamed “The Bullseye.” Its real name is Gargantuan Galaxy Leda 1313424. The galaxy has star-filled rings from a blue ...

(CNN) – A new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows what is nicknamed “The Bullseye.” Its real name is Gargantuan Galaxy Leda 1313424. The galaxy has star-filled rings from a blue ...