What will happen to the solar system when the Milky Way completes the merger with the Andromeda Galaxy? Bryan ...

His remark holds true now, nearly half a decade later. At 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy—officially called Messier 31—is the farthest object visible to the naked eye.

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its history. The Hubble survey, assembled from over 1,000 orbits and ...

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 ...

They then fed these data into a model that simulated a number of possible scenarios. With the interactions of the four largest galaxies inside the local group (the Milky Way, Andromeda ...

Galactic neighbor: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a massive panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), which is situated just over 2.5 million light-years away ...

neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years. According to a new study, our Milky Way galaxy may have already begun colliding with the closest giant galaxy ...