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Stories about: Andromeda Galaxy

Massive Inter-Galactic Bridge Found Nearby Astronomers were recently able to discover the existence of a massive galactic bridge in our cosmic neighborhood. Thought to have formed when two galaxies flew close past each other, the structure now extends between Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and its companion, the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). The observations that led to ... 12 June 2012 11:11 GMT The Andromeda Galaxy as You've Never Seen It Before Experts with the European Space Agency (ESA) produced one of the most interesting images of our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, ever taken. Two space telescopes, the Herschel Space Observatory and the XMM Newton, were used to piece together this amazing view. Herschel, which launched in 2009 aboard the same Ariane 5 h... 5 January 2011 10:00 GMT