Collision Scenario for Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy Encounter
This illustration shows the inevitable collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy approximately 4 billion years from now. The galaxies are moving toward each other under the inexorable pull of gravity between them. A smaller galaxy, Triangulum, may be part of the smashup.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | opo1220m |
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| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 6 May 2014, 15:31 |
| Size: | 3000 x 1996 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Andromeda Galaxy, M 31, Messier 31, Milky Way |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Milky Way |
| Category: | Galaxies |
