Late October presents a perfect opportunity to spot the ancient light of the Andromeda galaxy as it climbs high overhead to brighten the autumn night sky. The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way's ...

Have you ever seen an entire galaxy with your naked eyes? You can see it now. Late October offers a prime opportunity for skywatchers to spot the ancient light of the Andromeda galaxy, which climbs ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...

Did you know that you can see the closest spiral galaxy next to our own in the sky? While binoculars and telescopes will offer much better views, it’s still possible to see it with your naked eye if ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...

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 ...

Astronomers have long believed that our Milky Way will eventually collide with the Andromeda galaxy. A new study suggests that we might escape that fate. The spiral Andromeda galaxy is our closest ...

The Andromeda galaxy, our Milky Way galaxy's largest and nearest neighbor, is surrounded by a massive halo that is actually bumping up against our own galaxy's halo, according to new research using ...

Andromeda (M31), the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, is slated to collide with our galaxy in several billion years, a process expected to be gradual rather than abrupt. Historical observations ...

A group of astronomers has discovered the smallest, dimmest satellite galaxy bordering the Milky Way’s nearest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy. The itsy-bitsy satellite galaxy is named ...