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The Gemini North telescope has filmed two galaxies slowly colliding—the same fate awaits our own Milky Way Galaxy in a few billion years.Summary
Paul Scott Anderson writing in EarthSky, makes the following points:
- Two spiral galaxies with centres about 20,000 light years apart slowly merge to form a single elliptical galaxy.
- It will take about 500 million years.
- They are about 60 million light-years from us, so we are safe!
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- AUG 2022 New image of colliding galaxies previews the fate of the Milky Way-CNN
- AUG 2022 'Cosmic butterfly' wings shimmer in image of violently colliding galaxies-Space.Com
- AUG 2022 Colliding Galaxies Dazzle in Gemini North Image-Gemini Observatory
Source Information: EarthSky
Article Source: https://earthsky.org/
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