Milky Way DOOMED to high-speed smash with Andromeda galaxy
Observations from the Hubble telescope have shown that the Milky Way is on a high-speed collision course with the nearby Andromeda galaxy and the two will merge into a new elliptical system. Andromeda, also called M31, is about the same mass as the Earth's Milky Way and similar in form. Although it's 2.5 million light years away …
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Nah
You just need something to get chocolata smears off gorilla glass.
No point buying a new tablet then...
Why? Just get a Galaxy Tab.
Bring On 2020
I want my full body conversion so that I can live for ever and see this.....
I'm not worried.
That Andromeda Galaxy doesn't look all that big. I think we can 'ave it.
The chances of our sun colliding with another star are vanishingly small
And yet I can't help but notice that the crash shots appear to show a night sky as directed by Michael Bay.
Also, four billion years, that's some perspective, makes you think eh? all this rushing around, squabbling for money... have you considered becoming an organ donor? Can I have your liver?
Re: The chances of our sun colliding with another star are vanishingly small
The stars are very very very unlikely to hit each other, but the bright 'blasts' you are seeing are star formation areas caused by interstellar gas masses crashing into each other. And yes looking deep in to space and looking at crashing galaxies does look like this (at least when you look at the entire iR, vis, x-ray spectrum).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy
Re: The chances of our sun colliding with another star are vanishingly small
And yes looking deep in to space and looking at crashing galaxies
Ah, the ultimate disaster gawker.
Ringworld's Children, anyone?
Not exactly the cause, but in 4 billion years, we should be able to do it.
If in 4 billion years
We haven't died out as a species, haven't transferred into virtual reality or haven't become beings of pure energy, it will be a nice show.
I'll take my Vorlon encounter - suit please.
pretty pictures
What can I say, I'll be dead before this happens and as such I find myself looking at the pictures and going pretty.
All we need now is for somebody to find oil in this incomming galaxy and all will be solved.
Blue Shift Keep Away From Our Door
It's almost as comforting to think that the world's economy will expand forever as it is to think that the Universe already has.
But Lord, can you find it in your purview to expand forever our supply of crude oil and lead us not into the temptation of the bitumen kind.
Won't somebody think of the black holes
Can someone please enlighten me as to what will occur when the galaxies merge, and the two black holes at the centre of each collide?
Can a black hole eat another? If so, where does it go?
Re: Won't somebody think of the black holes
The two black holes will eventually merge and you'll have one rather more massive black hole. If Triangulum also joins the party then its black hole may well get ejected at great speed as it will be the smaller of the three and three body systems are unstable.
Theoretically when two black holes merge you get lots of gravitational waves which scientists have been trying to detect (unsuccessfully so far), a close merger on this scale would be a good test for the instruments.
Has Bruce Willis been informed?
I know all he does is mining asteroids, but it wouldn't hurt to sent the crew towards Andromeda to see what they can do, no?
What, a whole page of comments and ...
Not one person wonders how long it will take before we start getting told that this will be caused by our activities, and we need new taxes to stop it happening !
Re: What, a whole page of comments and ...
No, it's caused by paedophiles / terrorists / bogeyman of the week.
Space billiards!
On a time scale that would blow our tiny humanoid minds!
"Andromeda, off the Milky Way and into the next massive black hole"
re: Local Groups
So, it's more like a Windows Workgroup than an Active Domain?
"Earth's Milky Way"
I didn't realise preparations for the Galactic Empire were so far advanced.
Does this mean..
..that we'll lose our galactic no claims bonus?
WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!
.... several billion years before Andromeda arrives.
How many
Bulgarian Airbags will we need to deflect this collision?
They're on their way, everyone
And I guess there is no stopping them coming. So, let it be recorded that I, for one, welcome our new Andromedaian Overlords.
"...the Triangulum Galaxy, aka M33, may also join the cosmic pile-up..."
Well that's just bloody typical!
You wait four billion years for a galactic collision..........
Ain't it the truth
Everybody's got to get in on the act.
AC'll probably put on his Captain Galaxy uniform and try to direct all of them into a cosmic roundabout.
Got to share!
I've just seen the Toadygraph's take on this: "Milky Way to collide with foreign galaxy.".
Funny how it's always those pesky foreigners who are responsible for anything nasty happening. If only Andromeda were an English galaxy, we'd have no problems in four billion years then.
Bah!
"The Sun would be slightly hotter, too hot for life as we know it here on Earth"
Gordon Bennet! Why were we not warned of this Solar Warming threat, and what can we turn off to prevent it?
Question?
I thought that all the galaxies in the Universe were moving away from one another, with the speed being proportional to their distance appart (Hubble's Law?).
So, what's going on here please?!
Re: Question?
Well as History will tell U its only a theory , and some what weak ,as what they see is a bit like an internal reflection, ie like looking in the( rear veiw) mirror as U tavell forward
Well that's my theory.
What name will be given to this new super galaxy... iNebula..?
Which Way is it really all going?
If these 2 Galaxies are to collide, are they going the way driven by the supposed Big Bang ?
If not then Are they in an Universe Eddy somewhere relative to ...What?
Any thoughts out there , even from Andromeda will be accepatale.
The Real Project GAGA
Too bad the GAGA acronym was hastily wasted on some gardening tool. The SP- Bureau could have done a project called "Great! Andromeda Galaxy APPROACHING!" and sent some observation equipment over there before it struck.
On the other hand.... at least our lawns will look tidy when the Andromedans arrive. We won't have to worry about keeping up with the Triangulum-Jones'.
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