Today, astronomers have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much more precisely; they find it to be about 2 1/2 million light years away. It is a majestic spiral-shaped galaxy ...

A close-up view of a prodigious number of stars in the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA / ESA / B. Williams (U. of Washington) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 ...

This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... [+] neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years.

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way—the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear ...

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The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars. When you purchase ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way -- the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its history. The Hubble survey, assembled from over 1,000 orbits and ...

(NASA/ESA/Williams/Univ. of Wash. via SWNS) By Dean Murray A jaw-dropping new panorama of Andromeda galaxy took 10 years to create. The largest photomosaic of the cosmic wonder was assembled from ...

His remark holds true now, nearly half a decade later. At 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy—officially called Messier 31—is the farthest object visible to the naked eye.

That’s almost half the distance to Andromeda. Have you ever seen the Andromeda galaxy? Go outside after dark this month and look high up in the northeast sky and you’ll find the W-shaped ...