GK
THE UNIVERSE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy.
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About 246, 000 light years in diameter
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About 2.74 million light years from Earth
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Andromeda is the closest big galaxy to the Milky Way
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is the Andromeda galaxy. It is also known as Messier 31, is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth. It is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most Messier objects are star clusters or gas clouds in our Milky Way galaxy. But the Andromeda galaxy is a whole separate galaxy, even bigger than our Milky Way.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite the immense distance, Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way, and it’s bright enough in the night sky that it’s visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Andromeda–Milky Way collision is a galactic collision predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years between the two largest galaxies in the Local Group-the Milky Way (which contains the Solar System and Earth) and the Andromeda Galaxy.