A huge number of stars shine brightly in an amazing skywatcher photo of the Andromeda Galaxy. André van der Hoeven, a photographer based in the Netherlands, captured the image. It took van der Hoeven ...

The influx of stars into the galaxy next door to the Milky Way was revealed by intricate patterns in their motion today and reflects a violent event in our galaxy’s past. When you purchase through ...

The Milky Way may not have a catastrophic collision with another huge galaxy as has been predicted, computer simulations revealed, giving our home galaxy a coin-flip chance of avoiding destruction.