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Andromeda Galaxy

Comet PANSTARRS Meets the Andromeda Galaxy — More Amazing Images

April 5, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter More of our readers had success in capturing the awesomeness of seeing Comet PANSTARRS encounter the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in the night sky. Göran Strand sent us this absolutely gorgeous image, taken from 70 km north of Östersund, Sweden — a [...]

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Incredible Views: Comet PANSTARRS Meets the Andromeda Galaxy

April 3, 2013

We warned you it was going to happen, and here’s visual proof! In this comet encounter of the extragalactic kind, Comet PanSTARRS and the Andromeda Galaxy met each other in the skies above Earth. This great image by Brendan Alexander in Ireland shows the spectacular view. He said it was “a difficult image to capture [...]

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Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: October 29 – November 4, 2012

October 28, 2012

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for some spooky targets this week? Then follow along as we take a look at the “Little Eyes”, the “Skull Nebula” and a star that’s as red as a drop of blood! If the weather permits, we’ll also be enjoying the Taruid Meteor Shower! Time to dust off those [...]

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It’s Inevitable: Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy Heading for Collision

May 31, 2012

Astronomers have known for years that our Milky Way and its closest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, (a.k.a M31) are being pulled together in a gravitational dance, but no one was sure whether the galaxies would collide head-on or glide past one another. Precise measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope have now confirmed that the two [...]

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Andromeda Dwarf Galaxies Help Unravel The Mysteries Of Dark Matter

November 7, 2011

Yep. It’s that time of year again. Time to enjoy the Andromeda Galaxy at almost every observing opportunity. But now, rather than just look at the nearest spiral to the Milky Way and sneaking a peak at satellites M32 and M110, we can think about something more when we peer M31′s way. There are two [...]

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