The Andromeda Galaxy's visible components (golden bulge, dust lanes, and spiral arms) represent only a small fraction of its true structure; the galaxy actually contains a vast, invisible dark matter halo that provides the gravitational framework within which all visible stars move, making the visible parts merely the 'glowing embroidery' on a much larger invisible garment.
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Andromeda's True Form Beyond Visible Stars Revealed! | StarDrift HQAdded:
This changes what it means to picture Andromeda.
Most people imagine the galaxy as [music] the thing in photographs.
The golden bulge, the dark dust lanes, the blue-white outer structures. [music] Those are real, but they are not the whole body.
In some sense, they are only the glowing embroidery on a much larger invisible garment.
The true Andromeda, as gravity experiences [music] it, includes a huge dark scaffold within which the visible stars move.
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