The Andromeda Galaxy likely contains millions or even billions of planets.With over1 trillion starsin the galaxy, it is almost certain that many of them have orbiting planets around them. However, because of the great distance between Earth and the Andromeda Galaxy, it is difficult to confirm t...
This mosaic of M31 merges 330 individual images taken by the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope aboard NASA's Swift spacecraft. It is the highest-resolution image of the galaxy ever recorded in the ultraviolet. The image shows a region 200,000 light-years wide and 100,000 light-years high (100 ...
An intensely bright X-ray beacon shining in the Andromeda galaxy is actually a signpost for a hungry black hole that is gobbling up matter at a furious pace, new studies reveal. NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory first discovered the so-called ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in late 2009...
NASA’sHubble Space Telescopemade a rare discovery when looking deep into the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. Spotted was a population of rare blue stars in a much broader area than ever seen before. Astronomers used Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 to find roughly 8,000 of these blue stars within...
Scientists say there's a 50/50 chance that our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy, challenging previous certainty about this cosmic event.
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Andromeda Galaxy, great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy. It is one of the few visible to the unaided eye, appearing as a milky blur. The Andromeda Galaxy is located about 2,480,000 light-years from Earth, and its di
Strange signals in space have experts wondering if they just detected dark matter for the first timeGene Kim
This NASA animation shows how the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide.May 30, 2014 Twitter Facebook Email Live Now CBS News 24/7 CBS News Baltimore CBS News Bay Area CBS News Boston CBS News Chicago CBS News Colorado CBS News Detroit ...
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