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

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides a new look at the Andromeda galaxy in this multi-wavelength image that includes ...

The famed Andromeda Galaxy, ... Given the low sensitivity and grainy nature of the state-of-the-art photographic plates available in 1888, Roberts’ accomplishment is truly extraordinary.

On April 15, 2025, a photo posted to social media sites like Facebook and X claimed to show a stunning image of the Andromeda galaxy taken over the Swiss Alps. In the comments of the posts ...

A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years, has been anticipated by astronomers since 1912. But new ...

The spiral Andromeda galaxy is our closest neighbor, sitting 2.5 million light-years away. The consensus was that after circling ever closer for billions of years, the two galaxies would collide. News ...

The smallest, dimmest galaxy orbiting Andromeda to date. Image: CFHT/MegaCam/PAndAS (Principal investigator: Alan McConnachie; Image processing: Marcos Arias A group of astronomers has discovered ...

Welcome To The Andromeda Galaxy. Andromeda is 2.5 million light years from the Milky Way. Cmosmically speaking, that's very close. It's home to at least a trillion stars.

There’s now a 50-50 chance this galaxy will crash into ours. Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda.

In roughly 4 billion years, our home Milky Way galaxy may collide with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. We are approaching Andromeda at roughly 250,000 miles per hour, and scientists have ...

Photo of Andromeda galaxy over Alps isn't scientifically accurate, astrophotographer says Ladi Svoboda told Snopes that the photo was "real but artistically interpreted," while noting that similar ...