Catch a glimpse of the Andromeda Galaxy as it hangs high in the October night sky. Late October presents a perfect ...

Just how far can we see on a clear, dark night? If you're a regular reader of this column, you know that the stars overhead ...

Over the course of human history, perhaps no single object in the night sky has drawn more attention than the Andromeda ...

The galaxy, also known as M31, can be seen with the naked eye but appears more spectacular from areas with minimal light pollution.

A Hubble Space Telescope optical image of our nearest neighbor galaxy, Andromeda (M31), with an inset X-ray image of the active center made with the XMM-Newton observatory. The newly discovered ...

The 2011 Brit Marling sci-fi film Another Earth posited the idea of a mirrored version of Earth entering the Milky Way. The idea seems preposterous, and it probably is–in the film, the “other Earth” ...

What was the first galaxy beyond the Milky Way that you ever saw through binoculars? For me, and I suspect for many of you, the answer is the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). It’s a great choice for a few ...

Here are nine dazzling celestial highlights not to miss. The neighboring Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), will reach its highest point in the night sky on October 2, around midnight ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Go into your backyard about 20:30 p.m. EST or thereabouts ...

A composite figure of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) highlights the extremely large field of view of NASA's upcoming Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). The background consists of ground-based ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, with its companion galaxies, M32 ...