.Sets of superstars specified the interstellar channel ablaze in the Andromeda Galaxy about 2.5 thousand light-years away. Also known as M31, Andromeda is actually the Galaxy's closest major galaxy. It assesses roughly 152,000 light-years around and, along with just about the very same mass as our home galaxy, is headed for a crash with the Milky Way in 2-4 billion years. In the meantime, Andromeda continues to be a things of study for a lot of astronomers.