Foraging among the Galaxies: Andromeda’s dining habits are documented

Once a cannibal, always a cannibal.

GALACTIC GLUTTON. Mosaic of the Andromeda galaxy and its surroundings shows 14 newly discovered globular clusters (blue) within the survey region, outlined in red. N. Szymanek and I. King

A new survey is adding to the evidence that Andromeda, the Milky Way’s sister galaxy, has not only grown bigger in the past by feasting on smaller galaxies, but is continuing to do so.