Our galaxy is capturing smaller galaxies but there won’t be a merge of equal sizes for a couple billion years with andromeda.
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MohamedMoney@feddit.org 1 day agoAren’t we currently galaxy merging?
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Nythos@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
With Andromeda, yes
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Haven’t even begun colliding though. We can still see it way in the distance. It’s millions/billions of years away until colliding.
Imagine the night sky far in galactic future when Andromeda is like directly overhead at night. What an amazing view. Shame earth wouldn’t be around to see it.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Only a few short galactic years off!
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh god. Thanks for that midlife crisis!
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 day ago
2-5bn years with andromeda, not even close.
MohamedMoney@feddit.org 1 day ago
Thank you but I didn’t mean andromeda. I think heard something about merging with a dwarf galaxy or something
SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 1 day ago
youtu.be/xZUYtRF_pw0
You are correct! Here’s a really good video on the topic.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’d think we would be able to see a dwarf galaxy approaching close to our galaxy at night? Or how dwarfey are we talking?
MohamedMoney@feddit.org 1 day ago
I don’t know why you bring up being able to see the dwarf galaxy at night as a qualifier. The dwarf galaxy I’m talking about seems to be Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy