Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped ...
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, which they have named Pegasus VII. The ...
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In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured this stunning image of Andromeda Galaxy which is also known as M31. This image, captured by NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope, shows only dust which ...
A collaboration of more than 30 international institutions, including the University of Surrey, has observed vast differences in the dynamic ecosystem of smaller satellite galaxies orbiting our ...
Since Hubble’s launch, astronomers have discovered over 1 trillion galaxies, but Andromeda stands out as the closest and most ...
Astronomers spent a decade compiling this special image with the Hubble Space Telescope and then stitched together 600 photos ...
A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...