"We thought they were basically all going to be fried because the entire universe turned into a vat of boiling oil." ...

A previously unknown dwarf galaxy has been discovered on the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy, adding to the growing list of mysterious satellite galaxies lurking in our cosmic neighborhood.

A Michigan State University researcher saw X-rays coming from a black hole using the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope ...

A stronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered a new satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way's closest major galactic neighbor, and it has broken the record for the ...

Researchers led by astronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered the smallest and dimmest galaxy to date that's orbiting the Andromeda system, the Milky Way's nearest major galactic ...

Using Hubble, the researchers discovered that not only was Andromeda XXXV a satellite galaxy, but it was small enough to resculpt some of our notions of how galaxies evolve, such as how long they ...

The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of ...

Photo: Andromeda nebula plate with Hubble's handwritten circle around the variable star he discovered In 1919 American ... outside and independent of our galaxy. It was the first evidence of ...

The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...