How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...

Today, astronomers have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much more precisely; they find it to be about 2 1/2 million light years away. It is a majestic spiral-shaped galaxy ...

Before Edwin Hubble determined that Andromeda was far outside ... in the past few decades, develop computer models to predict ...

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

The galaxy in question is the famous Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, which is the most distant object you can see with your naked eyes. If you’ve got a pair of binoculars you’ll get a ...

This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... [+] neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years.

Many constellations are well-known for having one very special deep-sky object within their borders, something so famous that ...

This wonderful deep-sky object can be seen with a telescope, binoculars, or even just your eyes.

The nearby galaxy Andromeda is speeding towards us at 250,000 mph. It has a long way to travel - about 2.5 million light-years - but it's likely to crash into the Milky Way in about 4 billion years.

This kind of mount offers the best ease of use and scope control for beginners, and it sometimes comes with computer controls ... in the spiral arms of the Andromeda Galaxy. It doesn’t ...

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...