a galaxy), American astronomer Edwin Hubble calculated in 1929 that galaxies were moving away from the Milky Way, All of them, that is, except one — Andromeda. The universe was expanding ...

Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th ...

On Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble completely changed the way we ... and whether these spirals were part of our Milky ...

The telescopes at Lick may be vintage, but scientists at the observatory continue to discover new planets and examine ...

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

In roughly 4 billion years, our home Milky Way galaxy may collide with the neighboring ... ran 100,000 simulations using the latest data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Space ...

That's about five times the width of the Milky Way. Sawala acknowledges the irony that with more precise Hubble data, scientists are less sure about what will happen. After all, they've only ...

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor. This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has become ...

You can see how epic the sky was during totality, as the Moon darkened enough for the majestic Milky Way, the faint belt of Zodiacal Light, and prominent airglow to stand out. Credit: Petr ...