Now here is a collision of epic proportions

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This Breathtaking Photo Shows 2 Galaxies Merging Together
Two become one in this awe-inspiring image of galaxies merging together.

The spectacular sight was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope last month.

The photograph shows galaxy NGC 6052, which is located some 230 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Hercules, in the process of being formed.

Astronomers initially classified the galaxy as being "a single abnormal" one, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). But it's now confirmed to be a pair of star systems that are coming together.

CREDIT: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt
The image may look chaotic, but scientists say that the new galaxy will eventually settle down into its new shape
"Two separate galaxies have been gradually drawn together, attracted by gravity, and have collided," an ESA statement on the NASA website reveals. "We now see them merging into a single structure."

The image appears to be "chaotic" because individual stars are being thrown out of their original orbits during collisions in the merger, the statement says. "Eventually, this new galaxy will settle down into a stable shape, which may not resemble either of the two original galaxies."

Galaxy mergers are common, according to Space.com, with our own Milky Way set to merge with our neighboring Andromeda galaxy in around 4 billion years time.

 

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Galaxy mergers are common, according to Space.com, with our own Milky Way set to merge with our neighboring Andromeda galaxy in around 4 billion years time.

Unfortunately, by that time our sun will be so much more luminous that the oceans will have boiled away and life on Earth - at least on the surface - will be non-existent. Gonna be a heck of a show, though.

 

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Awesome pic.

Prolly not as cool to actually be there.

 

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Actually, other than the view of the night sky - which will be AWESOME - the vast majority of star systems will be unaffected by the merger other than an incredible nighttime sky show.

The stars are too far apart for more than a few collisions out of billions of stars. And, of course, the Earth will be essentially a dead planet by this time.

 

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This Breathtaking Photo Shows 2 Galaxies Merging Together
Two become one in this awe-inspiring image of galaxies merging together.

The spectacular sight was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope last month.

The photograph shows galaxy NGC 6052, which is located some 230 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Hercules, in the process of being formed.

Astronomers initially classified the galaxy as being "a single abnormal" one, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). But it's now confirmed to be a pair of star systems that are coming together.

CREDIT: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt
The image may look chaotic, but scientists say that the new galaxy will eventually settle down into its new shape
"Two separate galaxies have been gradually drawn together, attracted by gravity, and have collided," an ESA statement on the NASA website reveals. "We now see them merging into a single structure."

The image appears to be "chaotic" because individual stars are being thrown out of their original orbits during collisions in the merger, the statement says. "Eventually, this new galaxy will settle down into a stable shape, which may not resemble either of the two original galaxies."

Galaxy mergers are common, according to Space.com, with our own Milky Way set to merge with our neighboring Andromeda galaxy in around 4 billion years time.

Whew! I thought you were going to tell us Obama ran into Trump in the men's room at the U.S. capital.

 

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