The Andromeda Galaxy, located 2.5 million light years away, has fascinated observers for centuries. Once believed to be part of the Milky Way, everything changed in 1923 when Edwin Hubble identified ...

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

The Andromeda Galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor, just 2.5 million light-years away, has long captivated astronomers with ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor.

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

Particular stars called Cepheid variables allow astronomers to determine distance, and Hubble spotted one of these within M31 ...

When layered, they depict a vibrant and active galaxy reminiscent of our own—and the information is already helping experts expand on Andromeda’s ongoing life story.

Space & Spaceflight New Images Show Andromeda Galaxy as You’ve Never Seen It Before The closest galactic relative to the Milky Way helped astronomers discover dark matter in the 1960's.

Here’s some good news: Our galaxy may not be destined to end in a fiery collision with the Andromeda galaxy as soon as previously thought. While earlier research regarded the collision as a virtual ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. Astronomers use Andromeda to understand the ...

The collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda, long considered inevitable, might ultimately not occur. Recent simulations challenge this prediction, opening new perspectives on our galaxy's fate.