In a study published in The Astrophysics Journal, a Michigan State University researcher used the NASA Chandra X-Ray ...

A Michigan State University researcher saw X-rays coming from a black hole using the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of ...

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 ...

(Hot stars burn brightly in this image of the Andromeda galaxy, or M31, from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer, showing the ultraviolet side of a familiar face.) Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A Swarm of ...

One of its most important members is M31, also known as the Andromeda Galaxy, which is the galaxy closest to us. Additionally, there are two satellite galaxies, M32 and M110. Astronomers are now ...

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 ...

This is where he first spotted a star flaring up in a nova in the M31 nebula in the constellation of Andromeda. But there was something wrong. The astronomical object M31 appeared to be much ...

This galaxy, designated Andromeda XXXV, and its compatriots orbiting our neighbor galaxy, Andromeda, could change how we think about cosmic evolution. That's because dwarf galaxies this small ...

This new knowledge comes from the outskirts of Andromeda, the Milky Way's nearest major galactic neighbor, where astronomers have found the system's smallest and dimmest satellite galaxy to date.