Milky Way Galaxy Doomed to Head-On Crash with Andromeda (We'Re DooMed In 4 billion years Alert!! )

SPACE.com ^ | 5/31/12 | Mike Wall

[NormsRevenge]

You can trust that FEMA is on it.. and the EPA which will declare it a SuPerFund site.

[Jack Hydrazine]

There’s also a possibility we could get hit by the Triangulum Galaxy, too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulum_Galaxy

So we could get a the old one-two punch!

[Bryanw92]

Let’s not get too excited. Maybe this will a good collision like the time the guy with the chocolate bar collided with the guy eating a jar of peanut butter.

[UCANSEE2]

SO... our planet is moving at 250,000mph +/- the speed of our solar system, and +/- the speed of our planet around the Sun.

Still... it's a pretty smooth ride.

[Norm Lenhart]

We have no time to waste. If we reduce our carbon footprint now, that change will effect the rotation of our galaxy and over 4 billion years, may be just enough to avoid the collision. But we must act NOW!!! We’re running out of time!!!!

...For the children...

[UCANSEE2]

Which brings up a question.

If all objects in the Universe are moving, exactly what stationary object are they basing speed measurements on?

[UCANSEE2]

Please buy some 'galaxy' credits from me now, and in four billion Years, I will prevent the galaxies from colliding.

[eclecticEel]

NOW ... are we ready to stop driving our SUV’s?

[cripplecreek]

Our Milky Way is bound for a head-on collision with the similar-sized Andromeda galaxy, researchers announced today (May 31).

I tell ya, science writers should have at least some knowledge of the subjects they write on. The impending galactic collision has been common knowledge for decades.

[Rio]

That Mayan calendar-chiseler was on the right track, but off by a few years.

[Old North State]

If all objects in the Universe are moving, exactly what stationary object are they basing speed measurements on?

Good question. It’s all relative.

Albert E.

[doorgunner69]

Well, if we keep our eyes peeled, might see some life as Andromeda goes rumbling by.

[Delta 21]

My 8th grade science teacher couldn’t answer that one either.

[mikrofon]

I, for one, will welcome our new Kelvan overlords...

[I Drive Too Fast]

The Mayan calendar was right. The world galaxy will end on 12/21/ 4000002012.

[Ken H]

‘This universe ain’t big enough for both of us.’

[lurk]

And just when we’re re-doing our kitchen countertops.

[Beatthedrum]

Don’t lose any sleep over this, wondering what will become of mankind. Mankind will be long gone, I would give even money on 150 years.

[Patriot Babe]

So does this mean I don’t have to cancel any future appointments? or clean house? etc.

[murron]

Just as I was about to get my papers in order, I read that it’s 4 billion years from now. I wonder if the Mayan calendar prediction will have any effect on this? Sounds like we’re doomed no matter what!