Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

Looking for a really big story, I naturally headed for "Galaxies in Collision." Bradley Whitmore of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore brought us up to speed. We've known for a ...

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Specifically, all but one of Andromeda's satellites lie within 107 degrees of the line pointing towards the Milky Way, a ...

"A supercomputer simulation shows many galaxies merging over time. The parts of galaxies we can see are glowing stars forming ...

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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 ...

Recent research has cast doubt on the certainty of the Milky Way-Andromeda galaxy collision, suggesting the event may not be as inevitable as once thought. Traditionally, astronomers have ...

By mapping t... Recent research has cast doubt on the certainty of the Milky Way-Andromeda galaxy collision, suggesting the event may not be as inevitable as once thought. Traditionally ...