Hubble reveals a markedly different ecosystem from the smaller number of satellite galaxies that circle our Milky Way. This ...

Caption This is the largest photomosaic ever made by the Hubble Space Telescope. The target is the vast Andromeda galaxy that is only 2.5 million light-years from Earth, making it the nearest ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced a massive photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing more than 200 million stars. The study offers fresh insights into Andromeda’s evolutionary ...

The authors stress that because the galaxy is so faint, there is still much to learn about Andromeda XXXV. The researchers’ detailed observations were completed with Hubble, but the newer James ...

"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ultraviolet light." ...

This is the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away.

Using variable stars as distance markers and the giant telescope on Mount Wilson, Edwin Hubble (then a young ... have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much more precisely; they ...