Tiny Galaxies That Speak Volumes Our Milky Way is surrounded by dozens of smaller “satellite” galaxies. These aren’t mere ...

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 ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, or M31, isn’t just a great-looking spiral galaxy. It’s also the closest to us, which makes it visible to the naked eye from here on Earth. But the fact it’s (well, relatively) so ...

China's Wide Field Survey Telescope has captured an amazing view of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Credit: Space.com | footage ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A beautiful white and blue spiral galaxy is seen slightly edge-on with a vast black section of space behind it. There are glowing ...

A new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered in the vicinity of Andromeda (M31), the Milky Way's large neighboring galaxy. The new study, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have long believed that our Milky Way will eventually collide with the Andromeda galaxy. A new study suggests that we ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, which they have named Pegasus VII. The newfound galaxy, which lies about 2.4 million light years away, was identified ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. Visible from Earth with the naked eye or through telescopes, it is not alone, and European astronomers have recently discovered a new ...