"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

Our galaxy may not be destined to end in a fiery collision with the Andromeda galaxy as soon as previously thought. While ...

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.

M33 nudges Andromeda slightly toward the Milky Way, increasing the chance of a merger. Meanwhile, the Large Magellanic Cloud shifts the Milky Way's motion away from Andromeda, reducing the ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

Andromeda is tidally stretched out following its first close pass by the Milky Way, which is also warped. Illustration by NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), and A. Mellinger ...

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

New researchpublished in Nature Astronomychallenges long-held beliefs about the fate of the Milky Way and its closest large neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy. For decades, astronomers have predicted ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...