In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Astronomers spent a decade compiling this special image with the Hubble Space Telescope and then stitched together 600 photos to showcase over 200 million stars.

The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars.

They published a paper in the May 2008 issue of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society entitled “The Collision Between the Milky Way and Andromeda.” (Admittedly, be wary of the term ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way ... Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear autumn night ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way ... Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear autumn night ...

The Andromeda Galaxy is a time capsule of the early universe, containing stars and other celestial objects that date back to the dawn of time. On a clear, dark night, the Andromeda Galaxy is ...

Astronomers have tallied more than a trillion galaxies floating around our universe but one stands out among them all in the night sky ... Milky Way. While 2.5 million light-years away, the ...

STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. “One of the best planet ...

via SWNS) By Dean Murray A jaw-dropping new panorama of Andromeda ... Milky Way: the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31)." The galaxy can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear autumn ...