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Andromeda Devouring Neighbor Galaxy
Scientific Ninja writes "Astronomers in the University of Sydney have captured pictures of a 'union' between our closest neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, and its smaller neighbor, the Triangulum Galaxy. Published in the journal Nature on September 3rd, the research shows how large galaxies grow by incorporating stars from surrounding smaller galaxies. This popular model of galaxy evolution, called the 'hierarchical model,' predicts that large galaxies such as Andromeda, which can be seen with the naked eye from the northern hemisphere, should be surrounded by relics of smaller galaxies it has connected with."
Andromeda must be a 600 lb black woman.
Events like these cement the idea that God exists. Is there a chance that these episodes are random acts?
Now what starts with the letter "G"? .Uh. . . Who cares about da other things?!
"Galaxy" starts with "G"!
Let's think of other things that starts with "G"!
Uh. .
"G" is for Galaxy that's good enough for me,
"G" is for Galaxy that's good enough for me,
"G" is for Galaxy that's good enough for me,
Oh! Galaxy, Galaxy, Galaxy starts with "G"!
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for being subtle.
This is no a surprise, considering that we originally belong to Sagittarius and are being devoured ourselves by this alien "Milky Way" galaxy...
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...are made when stars crash into each other.
I for one welcome our new carnivorous galaxy overlords ... or whatever that other puny galaxy is made out of.
But perhaps it's just some twisted form of galactic Darwinism, the weak die (or get consumed or whatever) while the big and buff galaxies prospers.
Alternativly perhaps space isn't even really endless at all but instead quite finite and Andromeda just needed some galactic lebensraum?
1) is the takeover hostile or friendly
2) if it happened in this galaxy would it be subject to regulatory approval, and if so, under whose jurisdiction?
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We're next!
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Bowwww-chickaaa-bow bow.
Is this how we eventually get back to a singularity or will it be after all due to shrinkage... :)
I thought Andromeda was only the closest /spiral/ galaxy. There are other satellite galaxies rotating around the Milky Way which are closer in distance than Andromeda.
And we're eating them. Large Magellanic Cloud is partly ruptured by our galaxy eating it.
But dwarf galaxies are not galaxies and Andromeda is the closes galaxy to us.
... looks remarkably similar to a belch sound.
Have gnu, will travel.
Om nom nom.
The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud are galaxies that are closer to us than Andromeda.
Andromeda is the closest "major" galaxy I guess.
Andromeda Devouring Neighbor Galaxy
Long ago and far away, a distant galaxy devoured another.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Obama is trying to justify this merger with an unknown anti-Christian Andromeda galaxy lying to us saying it's going to be a "nice and slow merge but one that needs to be done after getting input from every galaxy" which is of course a lie because the Milky Way and hence the U.S. is going to get devoured and to that I say we should not be showing weakness as a country and we should not be apologizing to strange galaxies invading our turf and we should certainly not be merging with them and extending health insurance to how many other beings might be in that galaxy given we don't even know how many so with this galaxy collision about to happen he can't even explain how he's going to accomplish health reform let alone a galaxy collision.
It's not rape, it's surprise sex...
Might I suggest that upon future occasions when such behaviour is observed, especially when it is captured on film, that we refer to the act of one galaxy gobbling down another as a "Glow Job".
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
And then like half of the Neighbor Galaxy was gone.
And I was like, "heh?"
It DEVOURED... the galaxy and it was a really good Galaxy.
It's kind'a..........a bummer.
I'm Ellen Feiss....
I know from watching the xscreensaver 'galaxy' that these galaxies will both destroy each other. That is almost always how it happens in the screensaver, so it must be that way in real life.
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Where's the Yamato when you REALLY need it? Who are we going to get to defend Earth when this reaches us?
I cannot believe the callous attitude shown by others on this board. Here we have a clear act of wanton aggression on a neighbor, and we do nothing? Where is the outrage? Where is the protesting in the streets? Why are we not contacting the Andromedan Embassy? We can't just sit here and watch it happen, we must do something! Just because this happened 2.5 million years ago is no reason to sit on the sideline. We must ACT!
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Has anyone considered the possibility that the little galaxy has a plan? Maybe it's infused with negative-spin tachyonic dark energy type X that will cause Andromeda to implode. Then who will devour whom? Bwaha etc etc
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