NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which is no longer in use, provided us with a magical experience with a view of the Andromeda galaxy. The image depicts the stars and dust clouds in the galaxy.

Astronomers predict that our home galaxy ... to it, Andromeda (2.5 million light-years away), will collide and eventually merge between 3.9 billion and 5.6 billion years from now.

The Hubble Space Telescope has ... the best part of 35 years, and now astronomers have completed a magnificent 417-megapixel photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy. And the key takeaway?

Williams (U. of Washington) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture hundreds of ...

"It's like photographing a beach and resolving individual grains of sand." Astronomers announced last week that they had completed a decade-long, meticulous effort to assemble a full portrait of ...

Video of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. The camera pans along the Andromeda Galaxy's vast disk which is over 200,000 light-years across. (Credit: ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way -- the magnificent Andromeda ... grander universe. Now, a century later, the space telescope named ...

His remark holds true now, nearly half a decade later. At 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy—officially ... has its limits—the space telescope can only detect stars brighter ...

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 ...

The Andromeda galaxy, the closest large galaxy to Earth, has intrigued astronomers for over a century. A new study by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals stunning details about this cosmic ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way—the magnificent Andromeda ... grander universe. Now, a century later, the space telescope named ...