Though tiny, this newfound satellite galaxy around M31 offers big lessons — and questions — about how galaxies evolve.
Andromeda XXXV is only about 20,000 times more massive than our Sun—very small, even for a satellite galaxy. For comparison, ...
"We thought they were basically all going to be fried because the entire universe turned into a vat of boiling oil." ...
The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.
A Swarm of Dwarf Galaxies Buzz Around Our Milky Way's Twin Imagine the Milky Way and Andromeda as two massive aircraft ...
Am astrophotographer has now unveiled the most breathtaking photo of the Andromeda galaxy we've ever seen, and he took it ...
An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting ...
However, our own Milky Way ... galaxy, as well as a 12% chance it would be entirely flung into the void between galaxies. This repositioning would not destroy the solar system, but instead, it would ...
The nearest galaxy of comparable mass to the Milky Way beyond Andromeda is M81, at nearly 12 million light-years. This bird's-eye view of Andromeda's satellite system allows us to decipher what ...