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 ...

Still, if you get to see the Andromeda Galaxy, consider that you are seeing light 2.5 million years old, dating from when the human species was just beginning to establish a fragile foothold on ...

Located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth, Andromeda, which is also known as Messier 31m has been a focus of the space community for more than a century, with early observations dating back ...

The Andromeda Galaxy is also well known as M31, the 31st entry in French astronomer Charles Messier’s catalog. Messier bumped into it for the first time on August 3, 1764.

The Andromeda Galaxy’s Discovery Ancient skygazers have probably pondered the nature of this blurry spot for many thousands of years. However, the oldest known discovery of the Andromeda Galaxy dates ...

Our galaxy and Andromeda are heading toward each other. There's still 2.5 million light-years between the two galaxies, but in 4 billion years or so, the two galaxies will come very close.

Cool, new views of Andromeda galaxy Date: January 28, 2013 Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: Two new eye-catching views from the Herschel space observatory are fit for a princess ...

A new portrait of the Milky Way's neighbor, Andromeda, shows our twin galaxy in a whole new light thanks to a new instrument on Japan's Subaru telescope at the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea.