{"id":115820,"date":"2026-07-29T12:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=115820"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:44:21","slug":"andromeda-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/andromeda-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Andromeda Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Andromeda Galaxy Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major new study using data from Nasa&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope has found that star formation in Andromeda has been declining for the past 500 million years. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Andromeda Galaxy<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as M31,<\/span><b> comparable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in size to our Milky Way galaxy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>large spiral galaxy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located approximately 2.5 million light years from Earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is named for its celestial location in the <\/span><b>constellation of Andromeda.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>closest major galaxy to the Milky Way<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is visible to the naked eye.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is currently <\/span><b>transitioning to its \u2018middle age\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, away from being a vibrant, active galaxy and towards a quiescent state\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a barred spiral galaxy, so-called for the <\/span><b>bar-like structure formed by the stars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in its center.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is observed that this galaxy is moving towards the <\/span><b>Milky Way at approximately 110 km\/s.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Hubble Space Telescope<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is named in honour of the trailblazing <\/span><b>astronomer Edwin Hubble which was launched by NASA.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a large, <\/span><b>space-based observatory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which has revolutionized astronomy since its launch and deployment by the space shuttle Discovery in 1990.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hubble\u2019s domain extends from <\/span><b>the ultraviolet through the visible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which our eyes see) and <\/span><b>into the near infrared.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of NASA\u2019s Great Observatories Programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/andromeda-galaxy-entering-middle-age\/article71276485.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Andromeda Galaxy is also known as M31, comparable in size to our Milky Way galaxy. 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