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artiteacher Galactic Collision
Our giant galaxies collide in the sky, But we'll glide right past each other, safely drifting by.
artiteacher The merged result of our galaxy and Andromeda has already been named Milkomeda.
artiteacher Despite the massive galactic merger, individual stars are highly unlikely to collide.
Star collisions: When the Milky Way merges with Andromeda, the space between stars is so huge that not a single star is expected to collide.
An instance of two or more moving objects violently crashing into each other. Our galaxy will undergo this event with Andromeda in approximately four billion years.
What type of galaxy will the Milky Way and Andromeda form after they fully merge?
In approximately how many billion years will the Milky Way and Andromeda begin to collide?
What is the nickname astronomers have given to the future merged Milky Way-Andromeda galaxy?
Why is it highly unlikely that individual stars will collide when our galaxy merges with Andromeda?
Which neighboring galaxy is the Milky Way currently on a collision course with?