The story for kids
This is Andromeda, our biggest neighbor. It's even bigger than our galaxy! On a dark night, you can see it in the sky as a tiny fuzzy spot.
Facts
- It is the closest big galaxy to us – even bigger than the Milky Way.
- Its light takes 2.5 million years to reach us. We see it as it was before there were people.
- On a dark night you can see it even without binoculars, as a fuzzy patch.
- In about 4.5 billion years it will meet the Milky Way, and they will become one galaxy.
Numbers
- Type
- Spiral
- Distance
- 2.5 million light-years
- Stars
- ~1 trillion
- Diameter
- ~220,000 light-years