When galaxies collide, size matters if you want to know the fate of our Milky Way
- Written by Geraint Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Sydney
An artist's impression of the predicted merger between our Milky Way (right) and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy (left). So which galaxy will dominate?NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger
Our Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy – two giant galaxies in our local patch of the universe – are heading...
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