NGC 6946 is a bright galaxy sometimes called the Fireworks Galaxy due to its high rate of supernovae. It lies in a very rich star field right on the border of Cepheus and Cygnus. This object is an ...

There are many more things in outer space that humans can't see than those they can detect and one phenomenon that has been impossible to find until now is the stream of hydrogen that feeds galaxies' ...

Astronomers have discovered what could be a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing through space. This very faint, very tenuous filament of gas is streaming into the nearby galaxy NGC 6946 and ...

NGC 6946 is a medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy about 22 million light years away from Earth. In the past century, eight supernovas have been observed to explode in the arms of this galaxy. Chandra ...

The galaxy NGC 6946 is nothing short of spectacular. In the last century alone, NGC 6946 has experienced 10 observed supernovae, earning its nickname as the Fireworks Galaxy. In comparison, our Milky ...

How can a celestial object be bright and faint at the same time? The answer hinges on its surface brightness. In the case of spiral galaxy NGC 6946, its overall brightness, magnitude 9.6, is high for ...

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NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope has caught this breathtaking view of the spiral galaxy NGC 6946 - a cluster of stars so explosive astronomers have dubbed it the "Fireworks galaxy". The galaxy NGC 6946 ...