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| Milky Way on ‘collision course’ with nearby ‘monster’ galaxy |
| 2019-10-04 |
[NYPOST] The home to all life as we know it, the Milky Way galaxy, is on a “collision course” with its cosmic neighbor, Andromeda, according to a new study. That does it! I'm leaving! But you needn’t fret, astronomers say — it won’t happen for about 4.5 billion years. You mean I have time to pack? The research noted that Andromeda’s size, significantly larger than the Milky Way, likely makes it a “cannibalistic” neighbor, swallowing up more galaxies in its past than it was previously given credit for. A rogue galaxy? What will they come up with next? “The Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda in about four billion years. So knowing what kind of a monster our galaxy is up against is useful in finding out the Milky Way’s ultimate fate,” said Australian National University researcher Dougal Mackey in a statement. “Andromeda has a much bigger and more complex stellar halo than the Milky Way, which indicates that it has cannibalized many more galaxies, possibly larger ones,” Mackey added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Milky Way on collision course with Zagnut. Or is it Payday? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-04 16:47 |
| #11 Greta Thunberg, Our lady of the Sightless Urge will save us. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-10-04 14:44 |
| #10 Slow day for the Science Editor's desk so they ran this article? Next they will tell us the "oceans have water" and are "wet"... |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-10-04 14:36 |
| #9 It's been known for many years. It's now being used as another hysteria starter. It'll be about 4 billion years. Humans will be long gone. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2019-10-04 13:04 |
| #8 Does this mean we'll get lots of hot green alien chicks? |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-10-04 10:19 |
| #7 a new study ???? Back in the real old days, before PCs and with phones tied to the wall, some nerds took up amateur astronomy to engage themselves. This was know over a half century ago among that brand of nerdism. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-10-04 08:25 |
| #6 Our suns life cycle will play out before then and become a red giant consuming earth in the process, so we have just a few billion years left regardless. |
| Posted by: Jack Phase7655 2019-10-04 08:16 |
| #5 Somewhere btwn AOC's 12 years and Adromedia's 4.5 billion year estimate lies the truth. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-04 07:40 |
| #4 WE need to nuke Andromeda now! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-10-04 06:40 |
| #3 No time to get cocky, Andromedans! Prepare to encounter Mohammedans, Who'll seize this occasion Of friendly persuasion To flaunt their particular competence. |
| Posted by: Speasing Gray9542 2019-10-04 02:59 |
| #2 Eddorians are coming! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-10-04 01:27 |
| #1 Now look at what your carbon emissions have done! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2019-10-04 01:22 |