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Andromeda is visible from 2.5 million light-years because the light of hundreds of billions of stars blends together. But an Earth-like planet there would be roughly ten billion times fainter than its own star and separated from it by only about 1.3 microarcseconds

Source: Space Daily · Published Sep 13, 2026, 12:30 AM

In Science, Space Daily puts this story at the center of the day: Andromeda is visible from 2.5 million light-years because the light of hundreds of billions of stars blends together. But an Earth-like planet there would be roughly ten billion times fainter than its own star and separated from it by only about 1.3 microarcseconds Space Daily Se FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.

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