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Time Lapse Video Of Milky Way And Andromeda Joining

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-together-right-now dept.

8bit writes: "Check it out! In 7 million years we will be in the Andromeda-Milky Way galaxy. Apparently galaxies have been joining together for millennia now, and not just on my computer screen either. We can only hope that the ozone layer is gone and we are dead before our galaxy joins with Andromeda, from what it says it'll be prety nasty. Let's all give a round of appause to IBM and their clustered computers that made this video. "

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  1. Wow! Great animation! by Anomalous+Canard · · Score: 2

    Did you see the barred spirals after the first collision? It makes me wonder if the barred spirals that we observe are formed by the collision of a galazy with a less luminous but very massive object. I don't think they say how many years the animation simulates.

    Anomalous: inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected

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    Anomalous: deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected
    Canard: a false or unfounded repor
  2. Typo! Major Typo! by dbarclay10 · · Score: 3

    That's seven BILLION years. :) Please change that. For a second, I thougt that we(the human race) might actually have been around to see it - but I doubt it now ;)

    Dave

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    Barclay family motto:
    Aut agere aut mori.
    (Either action or death.)