How far can you see?

Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this cosmic galaxy portrait.

What is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy? Andromeda. In fact, our Galaxy is thought to look much like Andromeda.

Taken near local midnight, this autumn night's panorama follows the arch of the Milky Way across the northern horizon from the High Fens, Eifel Nature Park at the border of Belgium and Germany.

The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, M33.

What's that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy? A meteor.

This galaxy is having a bad millennium. In fact, the past 100 million years haven't been so good, and probably the next billion or so will be quite tumultuous.

نمایی از کهکشان آندرومدا M31