Andromeda, Hubble Space Telescope
NASA's Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda galaxy
In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way -- the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31).
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
The galaxy, located in the constellation Leo, is about the same size as a star cluster within the Milky Way and is about the ...
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...
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Most of the atoms in your body left the Milky Way on a 'cosmic conveyor belt' long before you were born, new study revealsNew research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...
The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way.
The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...
Astronomers have struggled with finding ultra-faint dwarf galaxies far enough from the Milky Way's influence, making these ...
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its ...
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Galactic ‘conveyor belt’ circulates elements like carbon in and out of galaxiesThese massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...
A cosmic object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a research team has studied ...
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