Andromeda XXXV is what astronomers term an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, which is exactly what ... they discovered that the ones visible around M31 appear different in at least one key way.

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 ...

Andromeda is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way. To the naked eye, it appears as a faint, spindle-shaped object. But what isn’t visible without powerful telescopes is the swarm of dwarf ...

Stargazers will be treated to overlapping meteor showers in April. From April 20 to April 26, both the Lyrids and Eta ...

The cluster, full of more than 2,500 newborn stars that blaze blue in the Hubble image, is in a galaxy with far fewer heavy chemical substances than the Milky Way. It's mostly made of hydrogen and ...

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 ...

Then, they pieced together a record of the X-ray light produced by a supermassive black hole in the Andromeda galaxy called M31 star or M31*. Their research provides insight into the unique ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked ... Way was the one inside the Andromeda galaxy, about 2.5 million ...