The Andromeda galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to our own, the Milky Way galaxy. “Close” may be deceiving, though, because Andromeda is over 2 million light years away!

YOU can see the Andromeda galaxy in the night sky this week with the naked eye. The galaxy is estimated to have as many as a trillion stars – and will one day collide with our own Milky Way. 2.

As it continues to hurtle toward the inner solar system, 12P can now be spotted in the same part of the night sky as the Andromeda galaxy — a spiral galaxy located around 2.5 million light-years ...

Andromeda is located nearly 2.5 million light-years from the Milky Way. As 12P/Pons-Brooks makes its way across the night sky, it will appear to zoom past Andromeda.

If you want a dark sky target, try finding the Andromeda Galaxy. Located approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth, it’s the farthest object visible to the naked eye.

Night vision relies on a type of photoreceptor in your eye called a rod, while cones (a different kind of photoreceptor) ...

Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a European Southern Observatory Photo ...

Greetings stargazers. Andromeda is one of the 88 modern constellations that was likely known and named long before it appeared on Ptolemy’s list in the second century CE. But my experience is ...

While far away, the Andromeda galaxy is really large in the sky. You can see the center of this galaxy with just your eyes if you have darker night skies.

Photo of Andromeda galaxy over Alps isn't scientifically accurate, ... Getting high-quality images of the night sky requires finding a place that's dark enough for the stars to be visible, ...

YOU can see the Andromeda galaxy in the night sky this week with the naked eye. The galaxy is estimated to have as many as a trillion stars – and will one day collide with our own Milky Way. 2.