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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

April is also a good month for galaxy-watching with the help of a telescope, including the Andromeda Galaxy ... one of the brightest stars in the night sky. “All you have to do is kick back ...

The dust rings of the Andromeda Galaxy stand out in this infrared image ... of additional dipper stars found in another region of the sky. “Extraterrestrial intelligence is a low-probability ...

The Andromeda galaxy's satellite galaxies exhibit a highly asymmetrical distribution, with over 80% concentrated on one side, challenging the standard cosmological model.

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 ...