The Andromeda Galaxy hosts about 500 globular clusters ... Given the low sensitivity and grainy nature of the ...
Astronomers have long considered it inevitable that our home galaxy, the Milky Way, will merge with the neighboring Andromeda ...
"Have you ever dreamt of touching a galaxy?," asks 2020 winner Nicolas Lefaudeux. "This version of the Andromeda Galaxy seems to be at arm’s length among clouds of stars. "Unfortunately, this is just ...
That’s almost half the distance to Andromeda. Have you ever seen the Andromeda galaxy? Go outside after dark this month and look high up in the northeast sky and you’ll find the W-shaped ...
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.