Dedicated science fiction fans will remember that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry 'created' Andromeda and Earth: The Final Conflict after he passed away.

A team has revealed new insights into the motion of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small galaxy neighboring the Milky Way. Their findings suggest that the gravitational pull of ...

Upon discovery, astronomers were surprised to discover that the comet was already quite bright, shining at a magnitude of 10.

Skywatchers throughout the Northern Hemisphere are enjoying views of the newly discovered Comet SWAN.

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The Local Group is an ohana of galaxies bound together because of gravity. There are three major galaxies in the local group: Andromeda, Milky Way, and Triangulum. Many more are still unconfirmed.

Astronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered a new satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way’s closest major galactic neighbor, and it has broken the record for the ...

Unlike the Milky Way, Andromeda’s satellite galaxies are strangely arranged, with many orbiting in a single plane. Their long-lasting star formation also challenges existing models, hinting at unknown ...

Examples of those are the Andromeda Galaxy, Markarian's Chain, and the Veil and California Nebulae. Others, such as Caroline's Rose, Helix Nebula, and Triangulum Galaxy, are near-perfect fits.

This is a wide-angle view of the distribution of known satellite galaxies orbiting the large Andromeda galaxy (M31), located 2.5 million light-years away. The Hubble Space Telescope was used to study ...