As the crisp autumn air rolls in, October presents a prime opportunity for stargazers to witness the beauty of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Just as the Milky Way’s closest neighbor climbs high above ...

Inverclyde astronomy expert Stephen McAllister explains how he went about capturing the Andromeda galaxy on camera.

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A galaxy 2.5 million light-years away can be seen in Massachusetts. The best times to see the Andromeda Galaxy might be in late September and early October. This is when the Andromeda galaxy can be ...

NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to ...

Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The evidence is a stream of gas called the ...

Astronomers from Cardiff University, UK, have employed the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) to explore the nearby Andromeda galaxy. Results of the observational ...

There’s so much going on this month for stargazers, including great lunar conjunctions and cover-ups. One of the great meteor showers also puts on a show. October is a transitional month, both in ...

California skies feature a six-planet parade on early morning of Aug. 10. Perseid meteor shower peaks Aug. 12–13, but bright moon hampers visibility. New moon on Aug. 22 offers ideal conditions for ...