The Andromeda Galaxy is the farthest deep-sky object the human eye can spot at about 2.5 million light-years away. It can also be tricky to find, but here's how you can spot our galactic neighbor.

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S targazers are in luck this Wednesday, November 26, as two major cosmic sights will be visible to the unaided eye. The ...

Eros appears to buzz the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Institute in partnership ...

We are located only 27,000 light years from the galactic center and go around the center once in some 225 million years – quite amazing stuff! In the known universe since the Big Bang event (13.5 ...

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go stargazing at a dark sky site, away from light pollution. One of my favorite deep sky objects to locate, with just my eyes, is the Andromeda galaxy. The ...

A head-on collision of the Andromeda Galaxy with the Milky Way is coming, according to astronomers! The next clear late November night you can see Andromeda, which is literally getting bigger second ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have, for the first time, mapped out the enormous halo of gas around Andromeda, the nearest major galaxy to us. The faint but huge cloud of hot gas ...

Did you know that you can see the closest spiral galaxy next to our own in the sky? While binoculars and telescopes will offer much better views, it’s still possible to see it with your naked eye if ...