Andromeda Galaxy's Secrets Revealed By Going Beyond Visible Light

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 27, 2015 @02:04PM from the more-than-meets-the-eye dept.

StartsWithABang writes: The Andromeda galaxy is our closest large neighbor, dominating our local group with more than double the number of stars found in the Milky Way. While visible light can reveal a tremendous amount of information, it's by going to shorter (UV) and longer (IR) wavelengths that we can learn where the newest, hottest stars are, find that they form in clusters along the arms and in the center, see through the (visible) light-blocking dust, and pinpoint the location of the neutral gas that will form the next generation of stars.

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Wow who would think you can see more by Crashmarik · 2015-07-27 14:24 · Score: 3, Funny

If you use more of the spectrum / sarcasm
The article Pretty Pretty Pictures of Andromeda, such science, such insight.
"we can learn where the newest, hottest stars are" by turkeydance · 2015-07-27 14:38 · Score: 3, Funny

on TMZ.
Photons are not always visible to the naked eye? by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2015-07-27 16:41 · Score: 3, Funny

Please SlashDot editors - fill in what my third grade teacher missed in science class.