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Andromeda and Milky Way Might Collide Sooner Than We Think

By Bob King

The merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy won’t happen for another 4 billion years, but the recent discovery of a massive halo of hot gas around Andromeda may mean our galaxies are already touching. University of Notre Dame astrophysicist Nicholas Lehner led a team of scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope to identify an enormous halo of hot, ionized gas at least 2 million light years in diameter surrounding the galaxy.

The Andromeda Galaxy is the largest member of a ragtag collection of some 54 galaxies, including the Milky Way, called the Local Group. With a trillion stars — twice as many as the Milky Way — it shines 25% brighter and can easily be seen with the naked eye from suburban and rural skies.

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Wow, this is quite brilliant. An infrared image of Andromeda which shows almost scary detail. 

The collision between the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy.

welp, looks like we pretty fucked.

facts about this: 1. it isn’t going to happen for a while

2. we are actually going to survive this and the sky will look amazing that night scientist have predicted

i wanna live to see this

^ you won't :C