Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way—the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear ...

The Andromeda Galaxy is a time capsule of the early universe, containing stars and other celestial objects that date back to the dawn of time. On a clear, dark night, the Andromeda Galaxy is ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its history. The Hubble survey, assembled from over 1,000 orbits and ...

Hubble captures largest Andromeda galaxy photomosaic 200 million stars revealed in Andromeda’s stunning image Insights into Andromeda's mergers and star-forming history ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way -- the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear ...

A close-up view of a prodigious number of stars in the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA / ESA / B. Williams (U. of Washington) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 ...

The combined images reveal the radiant glow of nearly 200 million stars spread across the Andromeda galaxy. This marks the most expansive portrait ever pieced together using observations from the ...

"It's like photographing a beach and resolving individual grains of sand." Astronomers announced last week that they had completed a decade-long, meticulous effort to assemble a full portrait of ...

Video of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. The camera pans along the Andromeda Galaxy's vast disk which is over 200,000 light-years across. (Credit: ...

This image, captured by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), showcases the expansive Andromeda Galaxy, also referred to as Messier 31 or M31. This image of M31, our nearest major ...