As the crisp autumn air rolls in, October presents a prime opportunity for stargazers to witness the beauty of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Just as the Milky Way’s closest neighbor climbs high above ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late October presents a perfect opportunity to spot the ancient light of the Andromeda galaxy as it climbs high overhead to ...

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit back on a lawn chair. Your neighbors may think you’ve cracked up sitting out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autumn has draped itself across the northern hemisphere, heralding the onset of longer, darker nights that serve as the perfect ...

Have you ever seen an entire galaxy with your naked eyes? You can see it now. Late October offers a prime opportunity for skywatchers to spot the ancient light of the Andromeda galaxy, which climbs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger ...

A close-up view of a prodigious number of stars in the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA / ESA / B. Williams (U. of Washington) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe one of the most famous deep-sky objects, the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31). Named for its location in the constellation Andromeda ...

FARGO — Go outside on a clear night in early winter and look up. Everything you can see — all the stars, the planets, the shooting stars, the northern lights — is contained within the Milky Way galaxy ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, shown here with two of its satellite or companion galaxies, is one of few objects in the night sky visible with the unaided eye that's outside our own Milky Way Galaxy. And I do ...

The moon is at last quarter tonight giving a dark sky from sunset at 6:10 p.m. until the moon rises at 11:23 p.m. Look east at 8 and you will see beautiful Jupiter nearly 30 degrees above the horizon.