The Lyrids meteor shower begins on April 17 and peaks April 22. Stargazers can see 18 meteors per hour streaking across the ...

The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture hundreds of detailed images of our vast ...

Andromeda would also gradually become a dominant, imposing feature in our night sky, as NASA has depicted in visualizations.

making it easier to see in the night sky. While you could go out and try to find the comet in the sky on your own, if you want to view its rare conjunction with the Andromeda Galaxy easily ...

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

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 ...

February 2025 saw a once-in-a-generation celestial display that won't be seen again until 2040 as seven planets aligned in the evening sky. The month of March ... Our closest major galaxy is the ...

Right now, the Andromeda galaxy is racing toward the Milky Way ... After six billion years of cosmic carnage, Earth's night sky would be ablaze with the elliptical galaxy's bright, new core ...

The clear night sky offered pristine views of sparkling stars and two bright galaxies, including the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and Triangulum Galaxy (M33). "After March 2, it is a downward retreat ...