It is a majestic spiral-shaped galaxy, similar to our Milky Way, but containing many more stars. The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest major galaxy to our own. (We do have closer neighbor galaxies ...

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... [+] neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years.

The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.

That's the Andromeda galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor, and in 4 billion years, it will collide with the Milky Way, throwing our solar system away from our own galactic core and reshaping the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In 3.75 billion years, Earth's Milky Way Galaxy will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy. Over the next several billion years, the two galaxies will rip each other ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way. And it is getting closer, as the two will merge in several billion years. It has been an object of study for centuries, but we have never seen ...

Also called M31—and our closest giant neighboring galaxy at just 2.5 million light years away—Andromeda is home to at least a trillion stars. Like the Milky Way, it’s a spiral galaxy ...

Situated approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, belonging to the Local Group cluster. It is a barred spiral galaxy ...

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 ...

ESA said: "But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way: the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31)." The galaxy can be seen with the naked eye on ...