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

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

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

A new image from NASA composed of different wavelengths created a stunning image of Andromeda. “This new image of M31 is released in tribute to the groundbreaking legacy of Dr. Vera Rubin, whose ...

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

This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is ...

Astronomers believe the two galaxies may collide in next 10 billion years Theory based on data from Hubble Space Telescope and Gaia star-tracking mission 'In short, the probability went from near ...

For more than a century, astronomers have watched the Andromeda galaxy, a massive swirl of neighboring stars, speed toward the Milky Way. And in recent years, measurements using the Hubble Space ...

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

NGC 4449 is a dwarf galaxy turned stellar powerhouse, dazzling astronomers with its explosive star-forming activity and rich ...

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor. This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has ...