Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 6 Jun, 2022 | Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI); T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: Will our Milky Way Galaxy collide one day with its larger neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy? Most likely, yes. Careful plotting of slight displacements of M31's stars relative to background galaxies on recent Hubble Space Telescope images indicate that the center of M31 could be on a direct collision course with the center of our home galaxy. Still, the errors in sideways velocity appear sufficiently large to admit a good chance that the central parts of the two galaxies will miss, slightly, but will become close enough for their outer halos to become gravitationally entangled. Once that happens, the two galaxies will become bound, dance around, and eventually merge to become one large elliptical galaxy -- over the next few billion years. Pictured here is a combination of images depicting the sky of a world (Earth?) in the distant future when the outer parts of each galaxy begin to collide. The exact future of our Milky Way and the entire surrounding Local Group of Galaxies is likely to remain an active topic of research for years to come.

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[Lazamataz]

Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending

I am so screwed.

[MtnClimber]

[decal]

Good, we’ll get a fresh sun to replace ours.

[MtnClimber]

Pinging the APOD list.

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[corkoman]

We can take those guys! Lets go!

[MtnClimber]

I wonder if there is a market for selling crash helmets to the greenies?

[srmanuel]

I need to start taking my prepping more seriously, only a few billion years to go, time is running out.

[ElkGroveDan]

And the only solution of course will be global collectivism and a one-world government. Private property will have to be abolished.

[Tell It Right]

AOC: Only 9 years left before the galaxy ends!

[Paladin2]

Should we all just stop buying Teslas?

[butlerweave]

These idiots will never give up on \o/ OMG RUN ,LOL

[silverleaf]

So…when can we stop paying the mortgage?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

We need to raise taxes immediately!

[econjack]

...over the next few billion years.

Whew...lunch is still on for next week...

[kosciusko51]

Women, children, minorities, and LGBT+ adversely impacted.

[PTBAA]

This is why you should rent instead of buying a home.

[blackdog]

Transitioning gender will help. So will torching the homes of anyone who disagrees with you.

[sit-rep]

hold up... I was always learned of the big bang!! If the big bang happened, then the 2 galaxies should be drifting slightly apart from one another traveling basically the same direction!... not towards each other!!

So, someone’s lied/lying to me!!

[libertylover]

Democrats and other communists will destroy earth way before that happens.