A simulation made with a supercomputer showing what the estimated collision between our Milky-way and the Andromeda galaxy in about 3 billion years(I think it was) might look like.
According to Wikipedia, galaxies are very diffuse. If the sun were scaled down to the size of an American quarter, the nearest quarter (star) would be 475 miles away, so it's unlikely our sun will collide with another star.
No, it probably won´t be.... Earth will be alright. The galaxies will just "pass through" eachother. Only bad thing is if you´re unlucky enough to have your star-system catapulted into space by the gravitational forces.
I´m not sure exactly, but we´re talking at least a billion years for the galaxies to merge into one.
According to Wikipedia, galaxies are very diffuse. If the sun were scaled down to the size of an American quarter, the nearest quarter (star) would be 475 miles away, so it's unlikely our sun will collide with another star.
cool anim :)
i guess its 53 seconds actually represent a couple hundred million years, but how long exactly would this process last?
Well, it was made with a supercomputer meaning that no personal computer on the planet could run it. At least not with acceptable frame-rates.
No, three billion actually, according to Wikipedia.
No, it probably won´t be.... Earth will be alright. The galaxies will just "pass through" eachother. Only bad thing is if you´re unlucky enough to have your star-system catapulted into space by the gravitational forces.
i thought it was 7?