Cosmological simulations say that such an alignment should not happen, with a probability of less than 0.3%. Our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, or M31) appears to sport a lopsided ...

Specifically, all but one of Andromeda's satellites lie within 107 degrees of the line pointing towards the Milky Way, a region covering only 64% of the host galaxy's surroundings. Until now, it ...

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way. Miguel Claro is a professional photographer ...