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 ...

Only 100 years ago, in fact, when Edwin Hubble found a type of star known as Cepheid variables within Andromeda, and used ...

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.

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 back on a lawn chair. Your ...

A Mass Effect TV series is in development at Amazon MGM Studios, according to a report from Variety. This report comes three ...

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 ...

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.

Our Milky Way Galaxy is one of three large galaxies in the Local Group of Galaxies. The other large galaxies are the Andromeda Galaxy, and Messier 33 (the 33rd entry in Charles Messier's catalog ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe one of the most famous deep-sky objects, the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31). Named for its location in the constellation ...

Right now, the Andromeda galaxy is racing toward the Milky Way at a speed of 250,000 mph - fast enough to circle the world in just six minutes. And it's scheduled to collide, head-on, with the ...

Galaxy Quest is getting its first-ever 4K Ultra HD release this December in honor of the sci-fi comedy film’s 25th ...

The cult classic status of the 1999 sci-fi parody film Galaxy Quest has only grown over the years, so a 4K edition is long overdue. With this year marking the 25th anniversary of the film ...