Andromeda Galaxy Sports a Gas Halo Much Larger Than Thought

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 10:30 in Astronomy & Space

The Andromeda galaxy — the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way — is about six times larger and 1,000 times more massive than previously thought, new observations show.

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