The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is our closest major galactic neighbor and the largest galaxy in our Local Group. It's a stunning barred spiral galaxy visible to the naked eye, on a collision course with our own Milky Way galaxy in billions of years. Studying Andromeda helps us understand how galaxies form, evolve, and interact across the universe.
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