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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
Posted on 06/06/2022 1:36:10 PM PDT by 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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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: andromeda; apod; astronomy; m31; milkyway; nasa; science
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To: MtnClimber
Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda PendingI am so screwed.
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:37:05 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:37:18 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Good, we’ll get a fresh sun to replace ours.
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:37:46 PM PDT
by
decal
(They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.
🪐 🌟 🌌 🍔
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:37:55 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
We can take those guys! Lets go!
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:38:30 PM PDT
by
corkoman
To: MtnClimber
I wonder if there is a market for selling crash helmets to the greenies?
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:38:44 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: Lazamataz
I need to start taking my prepping more seriously, only a few billion years to go, time is running out.
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:39:14 PM PDT
by
srmanuel
To: MtnClimber
And the only solution of course will be global collectivism and a one-world government. Private property will have to be abolished.
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:39:28 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: MtnClimber
AOC: Only 9 years left before the galaxy ends!
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:39:59 PM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: MtnClimber
Should we all just stop buying Teslas?
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:40:15 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: MtnClimber
These idiots will never give up on \o/ OMG RUN ,LOL
To: MtnClimber
So…when can we stop paying the mortgage?
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:40:45 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
To: MtnClimber
We need to raise taxes immediately!
To: MtnClimber
...over the next few billion years. Whew...lunch is still on for next week...
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:41:56 PM PDT
by
econjack
(I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
To: Lazamataz
Women, children, minorities, and LGBT+ adversely impacted.
To: MtnClimber
This is why you should rent instead of buying a home.
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:43:56 PM PDT
by
PTBAA
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Transitioning gender will help. So will torching the homes of anyone who disagrees with you.
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:44:10 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
To: MtnClimber
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!!
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:45:31 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
( )
To: MtnClimber
Democrats and other communists will destroy earth way before that happens.
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posted on
06/06/2022 1:46:32 PM PDT
by
libertylover
(Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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