[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[BradyLS]

Wikipedia has a cool video (that last about 90 seconds) showing what scientists think would happen when two galaxies “collide” or “interact” with one another.

While watching, remember that each galaxy is composed of billions of stars and the almost incomprehensible distances that the spiral arms are flung out as two of them pass through and eventually merge into one another:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interacting_galaxy

[IndispensableDestiny]

If Andromeda were brighter, it would look like this from earth:

[Deaf and Discerning]