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Watch live as near-Earth asteroid Eros buzzes the Andromeda Galaxy on Nov. 30 (video)

Watch live as near-Earth asteroid Eros buzzes the Andromeda Galaxy on Nov. 30 (video)

Why October is the perfect time to look for the Andromeda galaxy

Why October is the perfect time to look for the Andromeda galaxy

October is an excellent time to observe the Andromeda spiral galaxy as it passes high overhead in the Autumn night sky.

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 winners unveiled — and the photos are truly exquisite

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 winners unveiled — and the photos are truly exquisite

These breathtaking photographs are the winning entries of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards.

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Pair of colliding galaxies may hint at the fate of the Milky Way and its closest galactic neighbor

The impending merger of the two galaxies hints at what might be in store for the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy if and when they collide.

Listen to the Andromeda galaxy's stars played as musical notes in eerie NASA video

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 musical notes.

Hello, neighbor! See the Andromeda galaxy like never before in stunning new image from NASA's Chandra telescope (video)

Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful telescopes. A fitting tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.

Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by glowing gas

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured a colorful portrait of the Andromeda Galaxy from the Dark Sky Alqueva Observatory in Cumeada, Portugal.

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Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of satellite galaxies — and they're weirdly pointing at us

Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of satellite galaxies — and they're weirdly pointing at us

The Andromeda galaxy's family of satellite galaxies point towards the Milky Way, and nobody knows why.

'This doesn't appear in computer simulations': Hubble maps chaotic history of Andromeda galaxy, and it's nothing like scientists expected

'This doesn't appear in computer simulations': Hubble maps chaotic history of Andromeda galaxy, and it's nothing like scientists expected

An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy. The data suggests Andromeda had a chaotic past unlike anything scientists expected.

How did Andromeda's dwarf galaxies form? Hubble Telescope finds more questions than answers

How did Andromeda's dwarf galaxies form? Hubble Telescope finds more questions than answers

A family portrait of the Andromeda galaxy and its orbiting dwarf satellites raises questions about how galaxies evolve.

'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create

'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create

The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars.

The Andromeda Galaxy glows rosy red in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope image

The Andromeda Galaxy glows rosy red in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope image

The reddish structures of our neighboring galaxy glow brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA's Hubble Telescope photographs garden of galactic roses in stunning images

NASA's Hubble Telescope photographs garden of galactic roses in stunning images

The Andromeda galaxy is the Milky Way's closest neighbor, and the most distant object that can be seen with the naked eye

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Watch 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks zoom past the Andromeda Galaxy live today (video)

Watch 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks zoom past the Andromeda Galaxy live today (video)

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is currently sailing past the Andromeda Galaxy in the night sky as it races toward Earth, and you can watch it live today.

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Are gaps in the Andromeda galaxy filled with dark matter? This NASA telescope could find out

NASA's forthcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will zoom in on streams of stars in the Andromeda galaxy to hunt for dark matter.

Our neighbor the Andromeda Galaxy shines overhead this week. Here's how to see it

Located at a distance of 2.5 million light-years, the Andromeda Galaxy is readily visible to the unaided eye on dark, clear nights. Here's where you should look this week.

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