Small companion galaxies around our neighboring Andromeda galaxy appear to stretch and point toward Earth in a fascinating ...

Astronomers witnessed two galaxies engaged in an intense deep-space battle for the first time. Watch the “cosmic joust” in ...

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way.

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

"Curiously, studies have found that several of the Andromeda Galaxy’s dwarf galaxies, including Andromeda III, orbit in a flat plane around the galaxy, like the planets in our solar system orbit ...

A recent study published in Nature Astronomy has revealed that the dwarf galaxies orbiting around Andromeda, our neighboring galaxy, are distributed in such an uneven way that it calls into question ...

A new planetarium and observatory has opened in a national park to offer people the chance to explore the universe. Grizedale ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

Miguel Claro, an astrophotographer, spent five years capturing a stunning image of the Andromeda Galaxy from Portugal's Dark Sky Alqueva Observatory. Using special filters and 80 hours of exposure ...