AAS Meeting: Milky Way on Collision Course With Andromeda Galaxy

www.efluxmedia.com ^ | 01-07-09 | By Dee Chisamera

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, at least those Andromeda aliens won’t have to turn us all into dessicated cubes and rig the Enterprise to make the trip across in a few decades.

Thanks Red Badger.

Astrophysicists Map Milky Way’s Four Spiral Arms
www.sciencedaily.com | 01/07/2009 | Iowa State University
Posted on 01/07/2009 10:28:20 AM PST by Red Badger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2160370/posts

Milky Way — the galaxy — not snack-sized anymore
Associated Press | Jan. 5, 2009 | Seth Borenstein
Posted on 01/05/2009 11:16:51 AM PST by decimon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2159109/posts

Milky Way a Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements Show
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | 1/5/09 | CfA
Posted on 01/05/2009 2:41:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2159221/posts

Milky Way ‘bigger than thought’
BBC | 01-07-09 | Staff
Posted on 01/07/2009 5:19:26 AM PST by Red Badger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2160162/posts

[SunkenCiv]

This could take a while, though.

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[Centurion2000]

three billion years .... yep, another crisis coming too fast for us to avoid. Just let Congress come up with a 100 trillion dollar 'stimulus' package in time to avoid the problem.

This is what you get when two galaxies collide.

[Revolting cat!]

That must give Andromeda strain!

[fanfan]

Milky Way on Collision Course With Andromeda Galaxy

Do they need a bail out?

Yes.

Bring a bucket.

[SunkenCiv]

I wonder if most other galaxies are named after candy bars or after cartoon characters?

[stayathomemom]

you're bored and you clipped and pasted two galaxies to make them look like they were colliding, right?

Somebody used a really tall tripod.