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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 04:45 PM

Jun 2012

Present day.
In 2 billion years the disk of the approaching Andromeda galaxy is noticeably larger.
In 3.75 billion years Andromeda fills the field of view.
In 3.85 billion years the sky is ablaze with new star formation.
In 3.9 billion years, star formation continues.
In 4 billion years Andromeda is tidally stretched and the Milky Way becomes warped.
In 5.1 billion years the cores of the Milky Way and Andromeda appear as a pair of bright lobes.
In 7 billion years the merged galaxies form a huge elliptical galaxy, its bright core dominating the nighttime sky.

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Astronomers Predict Titanic Collision: Milky Way vs. Andromeda [View all] BridgeTheGap Jun 2012 OP

Can't wait to watch! n/t trotsky Jun 2012 #1

To Wabbajack_ Jun 2012 #2

so i guess all data extrapolation is out? ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2012 #3

Time scales are relative VWolf Jun 2012 #9

Unfortunately the Navier-Stokes equations are difficult to solve longship Jun 2012 #5

Isn't gravitation also chaotic for anything more than 2 bodies? VWolf Jun 2012 #8

Yes, correct, however... longship Jun 2012 #12

That's a little past my "Sell by" date CanonRay Jun 2012 #6

for most of us, i think :-) n/t ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2012 #7

Nope, not for us reincarnationists Th1onein Jun 2012 #10

or time travelers... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2012 #11

And we're busy fighting over a rock Neoplebe Jun 2012 #13

Yes, it does. Skinner Jun 2012 #14

Download the hi-res images here pokerfan Jun 2012 #15