Riding his winged horse Pegasus on his way back to Greece, Perseus came upon the chained Andromeda, the epitome of a damsel in distress, and immediately rushed to her rescue.

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This image shows the Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31. Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy and is located 2.5 million light-years from our sun.

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Like her parents and her lover Perseus, Andromeda was ultimately placed in the heavens by fate, metamorphosed as the constellation bearing her name.

As soon as Andromeda and Perseus arrived home, wedding bells clanged. But the love story is a short one. Perseus lost a sword fight — and his life — a few years later.

Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase ...

While studying the spectrum from the Andromeda galaxy and the Perseus galaxy cluster, however, the researchers have detected spikes where nothing should exist.

In this star-speckled photo of the night sky, the Andromeda galaxy rises above a puddle of acid water in Achada do Gamo, part of the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve near Mértola, Portugal.