Andromeda Galaxy

News and facts about the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way.

A simulation showing Earth’s night sky in 3.75 billion years as Andromeda collides with the Milky Way. Credit: NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger

Andromeda-Milky Way collision: what happens when the galaxies collide?

An image of the Andromeda Galaxy by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

How to see the Andromeda Galaxy

Andromeda Photoshop processing

Astrophotography guides

Image processing Processing the Andromeda Galaxy in Photoshop

An image of the Andromeda Galaxy by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

Andromeda Galaxy’s last meal