The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Astronomers have released the most detailed image of the Andromeda galaxy with new clues about ... who used shadows cast by the sun at two different locations to make the first accurate ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

Despite its closeness to the Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy appears six times the diameter of the full moon in the sky (as viewed from Earth), providing enough "celestial real estate" for Hubble's ...

Astrophotographers use sophisticated imaging technology to take and edit photographs that bring us the cosmos with startling ...

The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and ...

Thursday, January 23, 2025: Astronomers announced last week that they had completed a decade-long, meticulous effort to assemble a full portrait of our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda. The result is ...

Is the universe flat and infinite, or something more complex? We can’t say for sure, but a new search strategy is mapping out ...

A panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away. Source: NASA, ESA Astronomers have presented the most complete image of the Andromeda Galaxy that exists ...