NASA Shares New Views of Our Galactic Neighbor, Andromeda

Listen to the Andromeda galaxy's stars played as musical notes in eerie NASA video

NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to musical notes.

Hello, neighbor! See the Andromeda galaxy like never before in stunning new image from NASA's Chandra telescope

Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful telescopes. A fitting tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.

New Images Show Andromeda Galaxy as You've Never Seen It Before

The closest galactic relative to the Milky Way helped astronomers discover dark matter in the 1960's.

NASA shares new views of our galactic neighbor_ Andromeda

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31

NASA offers dazzling new sights (and sounds) of the Andromeda galaxy

The spiral galaxy is the Milky Way’s closest neighbor.

NASA shares new views of our galactic neighbor, Andromeda

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. Astronomers use Andromeda to understand the structure and evolution of our own spiral, which is much harder to do since Earth is embedded inside the Milky Way.