Month: July 2025

ELLIPTICAL GALAXY – A smooth, nearly featureless galaxy with little gas and mostly old stars.

SPIRAL GALAXY – A galaxy with a central bulge, disk, and spiral arms.

GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN ANDROMEDA – More than 450 have been identified, similar to the Milky Way.

DARK MATTER IN ANDROMEDA – Evidence suggests it contains a large amount of unseen mass.

FUTURE OF ANDROMEDA – It will eventually merge with the Milky Way, forming a single elliptical galaxy.

GALAXY REDSHIFT – Andromeda exhibits a blueshift, indicating it is moving toward the Milky Way.

EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY – The study of galaxies beyond the Milky Way, including Andromeda.

ANDROMEDA’S AGE – Estimated to be around 10 billion years old.

STAR FORMATION IN ANDROMEDA – Active regions of star birth in its spiral arms.