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Andromeda Galaxy Among WISE's First Images

NASA released its first set of images from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Among them were these of the Andromeda Galaxy.
Andromeda GalaxyThe immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 or simply M31, is captured in full in this new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.

Andromeda galaxy's older stellar population in blue.Dust that speckles the Andromeda galaxy's spiral arms in orange and light red.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA