The Andromeda galaxy (M31) is located halfway between Cassiopeia ... vision is the most sensitive to brightness. In contrast, its center is more sensitive to color, so when looking at a galaxy ...

Join the San Juan College Planetarium for their ‘AstroSaturday: Luminaria Stargaze’ on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

A brand new image snapped by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals the intricate details of the core of the ...

See how elliptical galaxies in the distant universe were born, as new research gives astronomers a closer look at galactic ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy casts this city of stars in a new light — mid-infrared light, to be precise — and reveals clumps of dust in a mottled ...

We take a look at the current best predictions for what the solar system will look like throughout the rest of the Sun's life ...

Dec. 6, retired assistant director for science communications at NASA’s Goddard Space Center Michelle Thaller hosted the annual Christmas lecture sponsored by Notre Dame’s College of Science.

S0-6 is, of course, just one of several mystery stars found near the center of the Milky ... believe our own Milky Way galaxy will meet up with the Andromeda galaxy, and end with the two merging ...

The first day of December starts with a new moon. The waxing crescent moon is below Venus on Dec. 4. The waxing crescent ...

Astronomers have known for a century that the universe is expanding. We can now trace this expansion over much of its almost ...

This does not hold for most nearby galaxies: Andromeda has a blueshift because ... strongly suggest that we are located near the center of a large region with a below average density.