Andromeda Galaxy Andromeda Galaxy The Andromeda Galaxy (), also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Its name stems from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda. The 2006 observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope revealed that the Andromeda Galaxy contains approximately one trillion stars, more than twice the number of the Milky Way's estimated 200 to 400 billion stars. The Andromeda Galaxy's mass is estimated to be around 1.76 times that of the
Between the Earth and the Stars Between the Earth and the Stars Between the Earth and the Stars is the debut album of American country music singer Jeff Wood. It was released on February 11, 1997 through Imprint Records. The album includes the singles "You Just Get One", "Use Mine" and "You Call That a Mountain". "You Just Get One" was originally recorded by Ty Herndon on his 1995 debut "What Mattered Most", and B. J. Thomas later released his version of "You Call That a Mountain" in 2000 from his album of the same name. Billy Hoffman also recorded the song on his 2000 album