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Relax - Milky Way Collision with Andromeda Further in Future than Earlier Predicted

Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:01 pm
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
20326 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:01 pm





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The study also revealed more of what’s in store for the Milky Way and Andromeda. Rather than a collision (which is more accurately called a tidal interaction since no stars or planets were ever likely to collide), there’s going to be more of a glancing blow. And rather than taking place in about 3.75 billion years, it’ll be in about 4.5 billion years. Phew!


Andromeda Milky Way Collision

Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
82060 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:03 pm to
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about 3.75 billion years, it’ll be in about 4.5 billion years.
damn, I'll barely miss it
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:03 pm to
shite! Thanks a lot, just canceled my crawfish boil for this weekend!
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35503 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:04 pm to
So these nerds were off by almost a billion years with their fancy computer programs but I’m supposed to believe they nailed the moon landing math using a legal pad and #2 pencil?
Posted by Loaner1231
Member since Jan 2016
3903 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:05 pm to
Good. Gives astronomers more time to rethink that “Milkomeda” name.
Posted by TheArrogantCorndog
Highland Rd
Member since Sep 2009
14830 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:06 pm to


Posted by domesticengineer
Member since Oct 2017
240 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:07 pm to
Interstellar tectonics
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
15865 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:12 pm to
I saw both galaxies around NYE when I was in Arizona. I was eyeing it up and thought it was closer to 4.5 billion at the time
Posted by Michael Hayes
Member since Mar 2014
1391 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:20 pm to
There is ten times mores stars in the sky than grains of sand on Earth. Let that sink in.
This post was edited on 2/12/19 at 9:32 pm
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
18607 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:24 pm to
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no stars or planets were ever likely to collide)


I’m calling bullshite on this. We have thousands of collisions every year in our solar system. You can’t say there won’t be collisions when you have two systems each containing thousands of trillions of objects running into each other
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35528 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:27 pm to
quote:

Rather than a collision (which is more accurately called a tidal interaction since no stars or planets were ever likely to collide), there’s going to be more of a glancing blow. And rather than taking place in about 3.75 billion years, it’ll be in about 4.5 billion years. Phew!
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65945 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 11:32 pm to

Pshh. Galaxies have been colliding for 6,000 years we just haven't been here to see it. Still, the Earth is still here in one piece. Why we spend money on Galaxy Warning is beyond me.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98335 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 11:32 pm to
What a relief.
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76547 posts
Posted on 2/12/19 at 11:49 pm to
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no stars or planets were ever likely to collide


Well then who gives a shite
Posted by mofungoo
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2012
4583 posts
Posted on 2/13/19 at 4:58 am to
Does anyone really think that the human race is going to survive the next 4 billion years anyway?

We gonna be gone long before this celestial event occurs
Posted by Junky
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2005
8394 posts
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:56 am to
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And rather than taking place in about 3.75 billion years, it’ll be in about 4.5 billion years.


Posted by thotpocket
Dana Point, CA
Member since Sep 2017
2600 posts
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:00 am to
Will this mess up my trip to Punta Cana?

TIA
Posted by GeeOH
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2013
13376 posts
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:05 am to
In just 2 years Trump has fixed colliding galaxies by a billion years.

Posted by MBclass83
Member since Oct 2010
9390 posts
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:11 am to
We will kill ourselves way before that.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67497 posts
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:23 am to
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And rather than taking place in about 3.75 billion years, it’ll be in about 4.5 billion years.

Damn.....I wanted to see it
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