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Astronomers Predict Titanic Collision: Milky Way vs. Andromeda
After its first close pass, Andromeda is tidally stretched out; the Milky Way, too, becomes warped.
Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), T. Hallas, and A. Mellinger
NASA astronomers say they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.
From NASA Science News
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