The galaxy in question is the famous Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, which is the most distant object you can see with your naked eyes. If you’ve got a pair of binoculars you’ll get a ...

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 ...

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.

In fact, the furthest ends of the galaxy would reach all the way to the Andromeda galaxy, which is our nearest galactic ...

Our Milky Way Galaxy is one of three large galaxies in the Local Group of Galaxies. The other large galaxies are the Andromeda Galaxy, and Messier 33 (the 33rd entry in Charles Messier's catalog ...

The nearby galaxy Andromeda is speeding towards us at 250,000 mph. It has a long way to travel - about 2.5 million light-years - but it's likely to crash into the Milky Way in about 4 billion years.

Right now, the Andromeda galaxy is racing toward the Milky Way at a speed of 250,000 mph - fast enough to circle the world in just six minutes. And it's scheduled to collide, head-on, with the ...

Astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have spotted far ultra violet (FUV) emissions from novae for the first time in the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy. The ultraviolet ...