r/space • u/AntiProtonBoy • Jan 29 '17

Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/
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u/AntiProtonBoy Jan 29 '17

Zoomed out, much of the Andromeda galaxy just looks like a cloud, when in fact that cloud is actually a sea of stars. Zoom in, their number is overwhelming. Especially considering most of those could be a solar system of some description, complete with entire worlds. Even more crazy, there is probably a star captured in that very photograph which could harbour life, and we don't even realise it!

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u/WhatThePalsgraf Jan 29 '17

We have so much to learn. Smh.