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

Witness the breathtaking beauty of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, through 6 stunning images captured by NASA's Hubble Space ...

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

Learn about the new research that changes the estimates of the Milky Way’s demise.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by radiation cast out by generations of energetic young stars.

Early Spiral Galaxy Captured for the First Time Using Gravitational Lenses . For the first time ever, scientists have ...

NASA’s Webb telescope reveals monster star clumps in galactic wreckage Surveying luminous infrared galaxies in the local universe, astronomers have obtained a rare glimpse into processes shaping ...

Andromeda is close to the Milky Way, and until recently, it was thought that it would inevitably collide with our galaxy in about 5 billion years. However, doubts have arisen, particularly due to ...

Earlier studies often assumed Andromeda's transverse motion was small, making a future head-on collision seem almost certain. Our study did not have any new data. Instead, we took a fresh look at ...

The Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is similar in size, mass, and shape to our own spiral Milky Way. ESO researcher Enrico Congiu said ...