The Andromeda galaxy is the galaxy next door, a very faint, fuzzy thing in the night sky, larger than a full moon. Textbooks claim it’s visible to the naked eye. Most of us have never noticed it. Too ...

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Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic object, a cloud of dark matter and gas ...

Hubble unveils the “Lost Galaxy” as a vibrant spiral alive with newborn stars and glowing clouds of cosmic energy.

The Andromeda galaxy helped Edwin Hubble settle a great debate in astronomy. Stocktrek Images via Getty Images A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known ...

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

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 ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, which incorporates six different wavelengths of light. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker You might ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The Andromeda galaxy is the galaxy next door, a very faint, fuzzy thing ...