This year, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope brought us the Andromeda Galaxy like we’ve never seen it before: an image made of 2.5 billion pixels, created over a decade and more than 1,000 orbits. | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Did you know? 🌌 The Andromeda Galaxy wasn’t always known as a galaxy—scientists once called it a “nebula”! Then, 101 years ago, Edwin Hubble took a peek through a 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson and realized Andromeda was a whole galaxy of its own. Mind-blown moment! 🤯 Andromeda is a staggering 2.5 million light-years away, but one day, it’s set to merge with the Milky Way to create a new super-galaxy, “Milkomeda.” For now, catch this bright beauty in the night sky and see why the universe