Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.

The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On ...

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 ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides a new look at the Andromeda galaxy in this multi-wavelength image that includes ...

Am astrophotographer has now unveiled the most breathtaking photo of the Andromeda galaxy we've ever seen, and he took it ... McCarthy offers a free 4K download and high-resolution prints of what ...

A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years, has been anticipated by astronomers since 1912. But new ...

Welcome To The Andromeda Galaxy. Andromeda is 2.5 million light years from the Milky Way. Cmosmically speaking, that's very close. It's home to at least a trillion stars.

The smallest, dimmest galaxy orbiting Andromeda to date. Image: CFHT/MegaCam/PAndAS (Principal investigator: Alan McConnachie; Image processing: Marcos Arias A group of astronomers has discovered ...

The spiral Andromeda galaxy is our closest neighbor, sitting 2.5 million light-years away. The consensus was that after circling ever closer for billions of years, the two galaxies would collide. News ...

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 ...

It’s the Andromeda galaxy, and despite being 2.5 million light-years away (“not far away” is relative when it comes to deep space), there’s a lot it could teach us about itself and perhaps ...

A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years, has been anticipated by astronomers since 1912. But new ...