
This mosaic of the Andromeda spiral galaxy highlights explosive stars in its interior, and cooler, dusty stars forming in its many rings. This is a combination of observations from the Herschel Space Observatory and the XMM-Newton telescope.
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NASA ID
PIA13771
Date Created
January 5, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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