A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms.

The smallest, dimmest galaxy orbiting Andromeda to date. Image: CFHT/MegaCam/PAndAS (Principal investigator: Alan McConnachie; Image processing: Marcos Arias A group of astronomers has discovered ...

But just enough has been teased to allow those fans to wildly theorize which of their favorite characters they might see in ...

Unlike the Milky Way, Andromeda’s satellite galaxies are strangely arranged, with many orbiting in a single plane. Their long-lasting star formation also challenges existing models, hinting at unknown ...

Researchers led by astronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered the smallest and dimmest galaxy to date that’s orbiting the Andromeda system, the Milky Way’s nearest major galactic ...

Astronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered a new satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way’s closest major galactic neighbor, and it has broken the record for the ...

"We thought they were basically all going to be fried because the entire universe turned into a vat of boiling oil." ...

All good things come to an end—even the Milky Way. Our home galaxy’s demise isn’t estimated to occur for at least another 4 or 5 billion years, when astronomers believe it will start ...

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