Summary:
- The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning 2.5-gigapixel image of the Andromeda galaxy, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
- The image is composed of 7,398 individual exposures taken over the course of 411 Hubble orbits around the Earth, making it the largest and most detailed image of a galaxy ever taken.
- The image allows astronomers to study the galaxy in unprecedented detail, including the distribution of stars, star-forming regions, and the structure of the galaxy's spiral arms.