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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."
The troll-fu is strong in this one..
This is just a model for one galaxy nomming another. God - whether such an entity exists or not - has nothing to do with it, it's an entirely natural motion, predicted, expected, and surprising no one with sufficient education.
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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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Actually, it's sadly weak and pathetic. It's a step above screaming "fag" at someone walking down the street when you speed by in your car.
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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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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.
... looks remarkably similar to a belch sound.
Have gnu, will travel.
Idiot, he's in his mom's basement, not walking down the street.
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.
Just because I can: "Random or planned" is a false dichotomy. You fail, like every watchmaker apologist before you.
To mods: Make up your minds. Either mod it funny to ridicule it, or mod it offtopic so we don't have to look at it.
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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".
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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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God - whether such an entity exists or not - has nothing to do with it, it's an entirely natural motion, predicted, expected, and surprising no one with sufficient education.
our universe makes sense.
Whether or not this is due to god's existence or the clever realization that we wouldn't be here if it didn't is a religious question. However, I'm pretty sure that if God DOES exist, He definitely has something to do with two galaxys colliding -- He either purposefully caused them to collide as a means of saying "hi", or He wrote the rules that cause them to do so.
But dwarf galaxies are not galaxies ...
Hence we refer to them as galaxies...
If "god" is a factor in random events happening in the universe, next time you buy a lottery ticket and lose, or find your home galaxy is being engulfed by another galaxy, you have someone to blame.
It's always good to have someone to blame, rather than accepting the fact that random events do happen. And yes, it was "god" that made the bird shit on your car today, just after you washed it.
Now, if I was able to take a ship to observe the collision, that would be awe inspiring, but would not make me believe in the mysterious invisible entity in the sky of your choice. And, regardless of which "god" entity you chose, you're then declaring everyone of a different belief to be wrong. That is, unless you're always right, and the universe is packed with souls that are obviously not as smart as you, unless they believe your way.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
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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On a related note, as the number of independent countries are growing fewer as time goes by, are we headed towards a one-world government where one country gobbles up the rest? If a certain group of humans are trying to effect this change, why is not possible that a bunch of supernatural entities are behind this galaxy gobbling, or is just physics?
the number of independent countries are growing fewer
Did you miss the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and some other splits that happened not so far ago, or did I miss something?
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Erm... seems like you might've responded to the wrong comment, or blatantly misread mine? I'm the atheist, responding to "God-boy", who never mentioned that particular argument (nor did I).
I admire your goals, but being a dick about it isn't going to change minds.
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