Space: Our Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in…

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Did you know? Our Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in ~4.5 billion years; no individual stars will actually crash (too much space between them) but gravity reshapes both into a single elliptical galaxy — nicknamed "Milkomeda".

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Our Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in ~4.5 billion years; no individual stars will actually crash (too much space between them) but gravity reshapes both into a single elliptical galaxy — nicknamed "Milkomeda".

Onze Melkweg botst over ~4,5 miljard jaar tegen de Andromeda-melkwegstelsel; geen enkele ster zal werkelijk botsen (te veel ruimte ertussen) maar de zwaartekracht herschept beide tot één elliptisch stelsel — "Milkomeda" gedoopt.

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