[ETL]

Wasn't sure if I should have posted this in "Breaking News" or not. :) Anyway, a lightyear, the *distance* light travels in a year at its speed of 186,000 miles per second, works out to about 5.9 TRILLION miles.

[PROCON]

And then we’re all going to die?.....Again?

[ConorMacNessa]

WE'RE DOOMED!!!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[Ken H]

There’s still time to prep, but don’t dawdle. Heed the fable of the grasshopper and the ant.

[TBP]

Will the FTC approve the merger?

[BigCinBigD]

Maybe we can shoot it down!

[cripplecreek]

Somebody throw a rock and cause one of us to speed up?

[justlurking]

There goes the neighborhood.

[BitWielder1]

We can measure the radial velocity (how fast it's coming towards us) with good precision but I don't think we have any way to measure the sideways velocity of something that far away.
It could miss us on either side with considerable margin.
Even if it does collide with us, the process will take many hundreds of thousands of years, actual star collisions will be rare.
Gas clouds will merge, we can expect a lot of star formations over the following millions of years.
It will be an interesting place.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy won’t happen for another 4 billion years, but the recent discovery of a massive halo of hot gas around Andromeda may mean our galaxies are already touching.

Man, those Andromedans sure do eat a lot of burritos!

DANG!

[C210N]

won’t happen for another 4 billion years...

See, so there is still time for the Marxists to finally get it right.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

There must be a lot of Terrence and Philip types in the Andromeda galaxy.

PING!

[IYAS9YAS]

We’re doomed. Screw it, I ain’t pullin’ the weeds.

[GreenHornet]

The merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy won’t happen for another 4 billion years

It'll be here before you know it.

[Erik Latranyi]

This will require massive government programs to prepare for this disaster.

Firearms must be confiscated, businesses must be nationalized and all wealth must be transferred to those who know how to prepare for galactic collisions!!!!

[Billthedrill]

My brother collided with a Galaxy one time. I think it was a ‘59.

[Rockingham]

Well, that means there is no point in mowing the lawn this weekend.

[KarlInOhio]

but the recent discovery of a massive halo of hot gas around Andromeda may mean our galaxies are already touching.

Time to draw a line in the back seat. "Mom, Andromeda is touching me!"

[WKUHilltopper]

Get your Andromeda out of my Milky Way. Get your Milky Way out of my Andromeda.

[callisto]

Well, there goes the neighborhood!

And it’s not only “Breaking News”, but qualifies for a double-post to the forum!

[ExCTCitizen]

Oh no... Now the Dems will want $100 Billion (with a B) to study how to avoid colliding galaxies...😊