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

Some scientists believe that Andromeda experienced a major collision with another galaxy a few billion ... Hubble has provided a high-resolution 3D map of these small galaxies.

Astronomers 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 ...

The smallest, dimmest galaxy orbiting Andromeda to date. Image: CFHT/MegaCam/PAndAS (Principal investigator: Alan McConnachie; Image processing: Marcos Arias A group of astronomers has discovered ...

Today, astronomers have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much more precisely; they find it to be about 2 1/2 million light years away. It is a majestic spiral-shaped galaxy ...

"Every large galaxy has ... fine spatial resolution that it can pick apart the X-ray emission from M31* from three other X-ray sources that crowd around it in the core of Andromeda.

Researchers led by astronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered the smallest and dimmest galaxy to date that's orbiting the Andromeda ... opportunities for high-impact research ...