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Posted on 3/13/19 at 7:39 am to weagle99
I've seen better galaxy collisions on the quad.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 7:42 am to PawnMaster
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Look at the little bitty stars you can barely see. Space is fricking huge.
I think some of those other objects in the picture are also galaxies.
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no you arent
Yes, I believe we are. The light from THAT IMAGE took 230 million years for it to arrive at Hubble's lens.
This post was edited on 3/13/19 at 7:46 am
Posted on 3/13/19 at 9:06 am to lsu13lsu
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I thought things in space were moving away from each other.
The universe is expanding. This does not mean that things are moving away from each other, it just means that are getting farther apart. They still move in relation to one another and sometimes they collide as a result.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 9:08 am to arcalades
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We are seeing something that happened 230 million years ago in the image.
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no you arent
You're not big on scientific facts huh?
Posted on 3/13/19 at 9:36 am to BiggerBear
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They still move in relation to one another and sometimes they collide as a result.
Yep.
Now, the reason we wouldn't even notice a change when we collide with Andromeda, is that the space between stars is so massive, that the chance that starts from the 2 galaxies colliding are almost non-existent.
The nearest star to the Sun is about 5 light years away. The odds that an Andromeda star even comes between our Sun and it's nearest star are also very slim.
Of course, with hundreds of billions of stars, and the pull of gravity, there may be some collisions. But they would be very rare.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:15 am to weagle99
We need full motion video of that sync'd with music from Slayer.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:17 am to TigerstuckinMS
I think the point is that there is so much "space" between stars / planets there are minimal actual "collisions" in such a scenario. For the large part they just kind of pass through one another and keep on trucking.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:21 am to weagle99
Not real...
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:22 am to weagle99
probably female drivers
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:44 am to SCLSUMuddogs
He’s not. If I remember correctly he believes the Earth is 6000 years old.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:46 am to weagle99
If this doesn't make you feel insignificant then nothing will.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:50 am to Tempratt
That's what galactic sex looks like
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:53 am to weagle99
Astronomers hate this one weird trick!
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:56 am to weagle99
If I get to choose a way to die, I will say, "In a galaxy collision!"
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:15 am to Topwater Trout
What’s to keep the Milky Way from colliding with some other galaxy? 
Answer clearly above my pay grade
Answer clearly above my pay grade
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:15 am to The Cool No 9
quote:Nothing. In fact the Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda right now.
What’s to keep the Milky Way from colliding with some other galaxy?
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:19 am to weagle99
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Let this sink in: We are seeing something that happened 230 million years ago in the image.
No, I don't want to and it hurts my head.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:23 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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In fact the Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda right now.
well change course , dammit !
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:42 am to lsu13lsu
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I thought things in space were moving away from each other.
Space continues to expand and this is causing the distance between galaxy clusters to increase. However, within clusters, gravity is still king. In our own Local Group, for example, the Milky Way, Andromeda, Triangulum and many small galaxies interact gravitationally.
Gravity also affects the interactions between clusters of galaxies in resistance to Dark Energy, causing the brain-like visage in the pic below. There are billions of galaxies represented in the pic.
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