News Release Archive: Galaxy

News Release 184 of 211

July 20, 1993 12:00 AM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-1993-18

Hubble Space Telescope Finds a Double Nucleus in the Andromeda Galaxy

A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a "double nucleus" in the center of the neighboring spiral galaxy M31, located in the constellation Andromeda.

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Credit: T. R. Lauer (NOAO), NASA