In less than 100 years, we’ve gone from the first ever image of a galaxy, Andromeda, to incredible images of thousands of them, thanks to Hubble! #nasa #space #hubble #jwst | Astro Alexandra

Exploring the beauty of the Andromeda galaxy (also known as Messier 31 or simply M31). The final close-up view is a Hubble Space Telescope image that “shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40,000 light-years.” — ESA. • The Andromeda galaxy is located ~2.5 million light-years away. It is the Milky Way’s largest galactic neighbor. The Andromeda galaxy spans ~260,000 light-years across and hosts a

A 1.5 billion pixels view of the Andromeda Galaxy