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

Meanwhile, Venus and Saturn — both beaming in the morning sky — welcome Jupiter into the fold. The gas giant makes its first appearance at mid-month in Gemini, low in the northeast about an hour ...

A new image from NASA composed of different wavelengths created a stunning image of Andromeda. “This new image of M31 is ...

Vera Rubin fundamentally advanced our knowledge of galactic dynamics, laid the groundwork for dark matter research, and ...

When the Milky Way meets Andromeda. These observations might not just be a look into the past. They could also foreshadow the future. The Milky Way is on a slow-motion collision course with the ...

The collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda, long considered inevitable, might ultimately not occur. Recent simulations challenge this prediction, opening new perspectives on our galaxy's fate.

There’s now a 50-50 chance this galaxy will crash into ours. Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda.

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...

They found that the effects of the neighboring Triangulum galaxy increased the likelihood of a merger between the Milky Way and Andromeda, while the Large Magellanic Cloud decreased those chances.

Astronomers have discovered a gas giant, TOI-6894b, orbiting a small red dwarf star, challenging existing planet formation models. This Saturn-sized planet, located 241 light-years away, defies the ...

Hubble provides bird's-eye view of Andromeda galaxy's ecosystem. Feb 27, 2025. Researchers claim to have found the oldest stellar disk in the Milky Way galaxy. Oct 15, 2024.

New study finds that the Milky Way has a 50-50 chance of colliding with neighboring galaxy Andromeda. Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy is much ...