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Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31)
Astronomical photograph · Anonymous astrophotographer (CC0 public domain), 2025
The Andromeda Galaxy is the most distant object visible to the unaided human eye. Under dark skies, away from city lights, it appears as a fuzzy oval patch in the constellation Andromeda, slightly elo
great0506·5/16/2026
Pillars of Creation
Astronomical photograph (Hubble Space Telescope) · NASA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), 1995
The image we have may be of something that no longer exists. Infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2007 suggested the three pillars of cold molecular hydrogen in the Eagle Nebula m
great0506·5/16/2026
