Andromeda, also known as M31, is the spiral galaxy closest to the Milky Way and, like our galaxy, is surrounded by a group of smaller dwarf galaxies that orbit around it. What has surprised scientists ...

The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of ...

All but one of Andromeda's satellite galaxies were found to be pointing right at us. According to our best models, that ...

Along with a number of neighbouring galaxies — including our closest galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy — it forms what ...

Five years after my first attempt to capture the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by ... visible in the foreground belong to our own Milky Way galaxy, as do the several distinct colorful stars which ...

From meteor showers to constellations, here's everything you need to know about observing the summer sky using the unaided ...

1. Andromeda Galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy at 2.5 million light-years, it’s massive, visible to the naked eye, and heading toward the Milky Way. 2. Triangulum Galaxy is a small ...

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

All but one of M31's brightest 37 satellites are on the side of the Andromeda spiral that faces our Milky Way galaxy – the odd ... two with the release of the next dataset from the Gaia ...