The Andromeda galaxy, our nearest major galactic neighbor and one of the most iconic objects in the night sky, has captivated the imaginations of astronomers and stargazers for centuries.

Hubble can only detect stars brighter than our Sun, enabling the telescope to capture just a fraction of Andromeda’s estimated total population of 1 trillion stars. The galaxy can be seen with the ...

Scientists predict Andromeda and the Milky Way will collide in about 4.5 billion years—reshaping the night sky forever!.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

From meteor showers to brilliant planetary appearances, the night sky this month is a feast for stargazing enthusiasts. The Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, takes ...

The final image reveals approximately 200 million stars and extends six times the apparent diameter of the full Moon in the night sky. The southern region of the Andromeda Galaxy, mapped by the ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...

Around 2015, astronomers took on the painstaking task of stitching together Hubble Space Telescope images of this galaxy, but that effort had focused on the galaxy's northern half. Still, however, the ...

Astronomers spent a decade compiling this special image with the Hubble Space Telescope and then stitched together 600 photos ...

STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season ... and Venus all light up the night sky alongside the Moon, according to the Royal Astronomical ...