Galaxy Andromeda Galaxy but our favorable view provides

but our favorable view provides a better picture of the typical architecture of spiral galaxies

This breathtaking image also shows Messier Objects 32 and 110

Not only are these conditions typical for dwarf irregular galaxies like the SMC

It offers a nearby laboratory for how massive stars form and influence their environment in the often violent nuclear regions of other galaxies

Galaxy Andromeda Galaxy but our favorable view providesHot stars (no, not the ones in Hollywood) burn brightly in this image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, showing the UV side of our closest galactic neighbor. At only 2. 5 million light years away, the Andromeda galaxy spans 260,000 light years across a distance so large, it took 11 different image segments stitched together to produce this view of the galaxy next door. The bands of blue and white harbor hot, young, massive stars. The yellow white