Andromeda reaches out to touch Milky Way
Gaseous halo extends 1 million light-years from neighboring galaxy’s spiral disk

LIVING IN A BUBBLE The Andromeda galaxy, the closest spiral to the Milky Way, is embedded in a tenuous bubble of gas that extends halfway to our galaxy.
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