Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way. And it is getting closer, as the two will merge in several billion years. It has been an object of study for centuries, but we have never ...

Hubble captures largest Andromeda galaxy photomosaic 200 million stars revealed in Andromeda’s stunning image Insights into Andromeda's mergers and star-forming history ...

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

"It's like photographing a beach and resolving individual grains of sand." Astronomers announced last week that they had completed a decade-long, meticulous effort to assemble a full portrait of ...

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

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

NASA recently released images of the Andromeda galaxy, an "enticing empire of stars" that can be seen with the naked eye if weather conditions are just right. About 100 years after astronomer ...

Earth spins as it orbits the Sun, and the solar system is orbiting ... And don't forget that our galaxy is likely on a collision course with the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Our entire local cluster ...

Messier 32 resembles the stripped-down core of an ex-spiral galaxy in the nearby vicinity, suggesting the two may have had a coming together in the distant past. Weisz continues: “Andromeda ...