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Andromeda M31 Galaxy in UV
January 29, 2010 | NASA

“In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA’s Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet. The galaxy, known as M31 in the constellation Andromeda, is the largest and closest spiral galaxy to our own.” Quoted from the NASA SWIFT Mission feature.


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