We're on a collision course with the Andromeda Galaxy - here's what will happen to Earth

Business Insider ^ | 22 Jan, 2016 | Jessica Orwig

[MtnClimber]

An epic war is coming between our home galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, which is currently racing toward us at a speed of 250,000 mph.

Astronomers estimate that 3.75 billion years from now, Earth will be caught up amid the largest galactic event in our planet's history, when these two giant galaxies collide.

Luckily, experts think that Earth will survive, but it won't be entirely unaffected. The collision will unfold right in front of us, changing the night sky to look like nothing any human has seen before.

Join us on a journey into the future to see what it will be like:

[backwoods-engineer]

My bet? No human will ever witness this.

Focus on the next 11 months, not something 3.75 billion years from now.

[UCANSEE2]

The Hubble Space Telescope cannot provide enough resolution to image clearly the Great Attractor. In anticipation of what the new WEBB telescope might provide, scientists have used computers to digitally predict what it will look like when the WEBB goes online.

Here is the result:

[CapnJack]

I believe the only ones who will be worried about the merger will be the ruling Insect Overlords that will inhabit what is left of Earth.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I plan on living a long time***

That’s what a local teen said one week before he and his mom were killed in a car wreck. It was not even his fault.

[hal ogen]

I’m staying away from my cars for a while...

[Ken H]

In the year 2525252525...

[mikeIII]

IF there were such a point, it would be stationary relative to what?

[UCANSEE2]

And that is my point. There is no known stationary point.

[Rockpile]

Was The Great Tractor used to plant The Great Pumpkin?

[Jimmy Valentine]

Wow! “Guess I picked the wrong week to stop smoking” - subreference ping.

[Paco]

Well crap. With the world coming to an end you’re going to see all sorts of mayhem. Men attacking women, murder, rape, mutilations, thievery, butchery, barbarism, slavery, it’s going to get ugly. Oh wait, that’s Tahroush and Islam...