Andromeda is 2.5 million light-years from the Milky Way, a short distance on the astronomical scale, close enough to be visible from Earth as a point of light, according to NASA, although its halo is invisible to the naked eye. view. . Scientists believe that the halo - the vast envelope of gas that surrounds the Milky Way - has already made contact with Andromeda. Their collision is expected to occur irretrievably within about 4.5 billion years, according to data from NASA scientists studying t

• Zooming in on the Andromeda Galaxy 5.6.2020 • This video begins with a ground-based view of the night sky, before zooming in on a Hubble image of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31. This image of the galaxy is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years. This is amazing! • Zoomable image of Andromeda Section: https://www.space

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