Spleen problems and spleen pain. Your spleen is a fist-shaped, purple organ that forms part of the bodyâs lymphatic system. Itâs found on the upper left hand side of your abdomen and sits under your rib cage close to your stomach. Your spleen is protected by a layer of tissue called the splenic capsule which helps protect it from direct injury. The spleen is the largest lymphatic organ in your body. A normal, healthy spleen is about 10 to 12 cm long. Your body can survive without a spleen. If the spleen is damaged or removed, other organs in the body, particularly the liver, adapt and take over the role of fighting infection and removing old red blood cells.
Andromeda galaxy. Andromeda galaxy. At a distance of about 2.5 million light years, the Andromeda galaxy (also known as NGC 224 and M31) is the nearest galaxy to the Earth apart from smaller companion galaxies such as the Magellanic Clouds. Like the Milky Way, Andromeda is a spiral galaxy.
Well, Earth is located in the universe in the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. A supercluster is a group of galaxies held together by gravity. Within this supercluster we are in a smaller group of galaxies called the Local Group. Earth is in the second largest galaxy of the Local Group-a galaxy called the Milky Way. The Milky Way is a large spiral galaxy. Earth is located in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (called the Orion Arm) which lies about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the Galaxy.