The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way which is about 2.5 million light-years away. It is the largest spiral galaxy in the Local Group, a group of galaxies that also ...

Edwin Hubble initially identified approximately 11-12 galaxies within the Local Group, a term he coined, while current estimations place the number of members at 125 or more. The Local Group's total ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the evening and observe the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy. Charles Messier made this ...

Astronomers have for the first time spotted multiple complex organic molecules—the raw ingredients of life—locked in ice ...