Photographing Andromeda was a Herculean task because the galaxy is a much bigger target on the sky than the galaxies Hubble routinely observes, which are often billions of light-years away.

Video of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. The camera pans along the Andromeda Galaxy's vast disk which is over 200,000 light-years across. (Credit: ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided unprecedented details about the Andromeda galaxy's history and characteristics. Andromeda, a galaxy 2.5 million light-years from Earth, has been ...

Messier 31 is located 2.5 million light-years away from Earth and was a much bigger target in the sky than the galaxies ...

A close-up view of a prodigious number of stars in the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA / ESA / B. Williams (U. of Washington) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 ...

Over more than ten years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken individual images of the Andromeda Galaxy, which have now been put together to form the largest mosaic of our neighboring galaxy.

The Andromeda Galaxy is a time capsule of the early universe, containing stars and other celestial objects that date back to the dawn of time. On a clear, dark night, the Andromeda Galaxy is ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Have you ever seen a giant galaxy with your own naked eyes? That’s ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our ...