Posted on 10/07/2025 12:49:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy. Even at some two and a half million light-years distant, this immense spiral galaxy -- spanning over 200,000 light years -- is visible, although as a faint, nebulous cloud in the constellation Andromeda. In contrast, a bright yellow nucleus, dark winding dust lanes, and expansive spiral arms dotted with blue star clusters and red nebulae, are recorded in this stunning telescopic image which combines data from orbiting Hubble with ground-based images from Subaru and Mayall. In only about 5 billion years, the Andromeda galaxy may be even easier to see -- as it will likely span the entire night sky -- just before it merges with our Milky Way Galaxy.
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4K Gigapixels of Andromeda with background music by Koda - "The Last Stand"
In the far future, Andromeda will collide with the Milky Way and form a larger galaxy. Stars will collide and new solar systems will be formed. Probably by then the Earth will be fried by our our Sun evolving into a red star.
I will wear my mountaineering helmet. Why should I worry?
Well, first you have to live a couple billion years, but you should be ok then.
Cool video!
Hebrews 1:10-12. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll.
Buy the time the government shutdown is over, the Universe will have moved.
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