When it comes to the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, there’s a whole “will they or won’t they” thing going on. In 2012 scientists published their results of Hubble Space Telescope observations ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is one of the most spectacular ...

Don’t Miss the Full Video Story Below Something enormous is on its way to our cosmic neighborhood. The Milky Way, along with ...

Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from Germany, France and Sweden show that most of the (dark) matter beyond the Local ...

Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The evidence is a stream of gas called the ...

Late October presents a perfect opportunity to spot the ancient light of the Andromeda galaxy as it climbs high overhead to brighten the autumn night sky. The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way's ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, shown here with two of its satellite or companion galaxies, is one of few objects in the night sky visible with the unaided eye that's outside our own Milky Way Galaxy. And I do ...