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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  2-5bn years with andromeda, not even close.

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  • 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

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    • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      youtu.be/xZUYtRF_pw0

      You are correct! Here’s a really good video on the topic.

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    • 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?

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      • 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

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• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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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• Nythos@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  With Andromeda, yes

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  • 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.

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    • MintyFresh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Only a few short galactic years off!

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Oh god. Thanks for that midlife crisis!

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