An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy. The data suggests Andromeda had a chaotic past unlike ...

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 ...

This galaxy, designated Andromeda XXXV, and its compatriots orbiting our neighbor galaxy, Andromeda, could change how we think about cosmic evolution. That's because dwarf galaxies this small ...

The other large galaxies are the Andromeda Galaxy, and Messier 33 (the 33rd entry ... are attempting to measure millions of galaxies and map their distribution in space. We are only beginning ...

This new knowledge comes from the outskirts of Andromeda, the Milky Way's nearest major galactic neighbor, where astronomers have found the system's smallest and dimmest satellite galaxy to date.

This suggests that the mechanisms for halting star formation differ among dwarf galaxies. A map showing the Andromeda Galaxy and its satellites. The new companion galaxy Andromeda XXXV is highlighted ...

Related: The Andromeda Galaxy glows rosy red in gorgeous new Hubble ... These data provided Weisz and his team the first comprehensive 3D map of our galactic neighbor's ecosystem.