The Making of a Monster, Caught by Accident

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2. In a couple of billion years that will be us

The Andromeda galaxy is headed for a collision with our own Milky Way, the end result of which is expected to be a single elliptical form galaxy. There's a good chance the Earth will still be around when this happens.

Fortunately, it's very unlikely that the Sun will hit or get too close to one of the Andromedan (?) stars whizzing through; galaxies have a lot of stars but they have even more vast empty space.