When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away, ...

An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope provides the first-ever bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy. The results reveal that over billions of years, ...

On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon Marius. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Andromeda ...

A Hubble Space Telescope study takes a close look at the dwarf galaxies surrounding Andromeda. Credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton / B.F. Williams / L.C. Johnson / PHAT team / R. Gendler Surrounding the ...

For decades, capturing detailed images of galaxies beyond the Milky Way has felt like the exclusive domain of high-powered space telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb. But one backyard ...

This is the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away. It took over ...

Galactic neighbor: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a massive panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), which is situated just over 2.5 million light-years away from ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...

It might be old, bits of it might go offline with increasing regularity, but Hubble still does cutting edge science as this enormous portrait of Andromeda shows. Pop quiz: how old is the Hubble Space ...

Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest massive galactic neighbor, is about six times larger and 1,000 ...