Andromeda in X-ray

X-ray binary stars show up as blue and white dots in this composite image of the Andromeda galaxy. The orange colour represents infrared light from warm dust.

Credit:

ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/J. Fritz, U. Gent; X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/W. Pietsch, MPE

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