Liffrea
09-18-2009, 03:53 PM
In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet. The galaxy, known as M31 in the constellation Andromeda, is the largest and closest spiral galaxy to our own.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090916123519.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090916123519.htm