enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Astrophotography@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe Andromeda galaxy screaming towards us at 300km/slemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageThe Andromeda galaxy screaming towards us at 300km/slemmy.blahaj.zoneenbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Astrophotography@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoTechnically the two galactic clouds are already touching, according to some paper I read a couple years ago
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoI thought something felt funny.
minus-squareGreat Blue Heron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoOh, wow. I expected someone to correct me and say it will be much sooner due to the size of the two galaxies but didn’t think I was that far off.
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoExtremely technical use of “technically” - we’re talking about maybe 1 atom of hydrogen per cubic meter, but if that atom is bound by a galaxy’s gravity it sort of is part of that galaxy, kinda.
Technically the two galactic clouds are already touching, according to some paper I read a couple years ago
I thought something felt funny.
Oh, wow. I expected someone to correct me and say it will be much sooner due to the size of the two galaxies but didn’t think I was that far off.
Extremely technical use of “technically” - we’re talking about maybe 1 atom of hydrogen per cubic meter, but if that atom is bound by a galaxy’s gravity it sort of is part of that galaxy, kinda.