The Andromeda galaxy burns like a blazing whirlpool in the most detailed infrared picture yet of our nearest full-size galactic neighbor, released Wednesday.

Now that astronomers know where to look for Galaxy x, they should be able to find it, especially if they conduct the search in dust-penetrating infrared light, Chakrabarti said.

This infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals stars and dust in this galaxy as never seen before. T.