The Andromeda galaxy is surrounded by a constellation of dwarf galaxies that are arranged in a highly lopsided manner. Analysis of cosmological simulations published in Nature Astronomy reveal that ...

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 ...

Graduate students from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) participated in an observational training ...

Travel experts have named the National Park among the top destinations in the UK for nature lovers to explore, as well as the ...

This galaxy, though tiny, is fully functional, challenging theories about the survival of small galaxies in the early universe. An intriguing aspect of Andromeda XXXV is its long period of star ...

The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

But the satellites of the Milky Way and M31 show different evolutionary histories, and this new galaxy, dubbed Andromeda XXXV, is no exception. The question of why Milky Way satellites appear so ...

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

For the best chance of watching the spectacular northern lights, many head to areas around the Arctic, such as Norway, ...

A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms.