Zoom into the Andromeda galaxy The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) is the sharpest large composite image ever taken of our galactic neighbor. Though the galaxy is over 2 million light-years away, the Hubble telescope is powerful enough to resolve individual stars in a 61,000-light-year-long section of the galaxy's pancake-shaped disk. It's like photographing a beach and resolving individual grains of sand. An

This celestial drama, known as the Andromeda-Milky Way collision, is a cosmic dance on an astronomical scale. Over the course of billions of years, these colossal galaxies have been hurtling toward each other through the vastness of space. As they draw closer, gravitational forces will dramatically alter the structure of both galaxies, leading to the birth of new stars and the reconfiguration of cosmic landscapes. The collision promises a breathtaking display of celestial fireworks, with stars a

Is our galaxy really going to collide with Andromeda? 🤯 For years, astronomers believed the Milky Way and Andromeda were on a direct collision course in about 4.5 billion years. But new research using data from our Gaia mission and @hubbleesa suggests the story isn’t so simple. After running 100 000 simulations with the most precise data available, scientists now say there’s only a 50% chance the two galaxies will collide in the next 10 billion years. The Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our sate