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What will happen to the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies 4 billion years from now?
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Four billion years from now, our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with our large spiraled neighbor, Andromeda.
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Can two galaxies combine together?
Galaxies do combine or merge together. In about 4.5 -> 5.5 billion years time time, the Andromeda Galaxy will combine with our galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy. In a lot of cases Irregular Galaxies are believed to have formed with interactions with other galaxies. See related link for a picture of two galaxies merging.
What is the nearest galexy?
The nearest major galaxy is Andromeda which is only 2.5 million light years away. There are two dwarf galaxies near the Milky Way called the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud roughly 75,000 light years away.In about 2.5 billion years, Andromeda and the Milky Way will merge.
How many years until the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies collide?
There are 2 much smaller irregular galaxies that orbit our galaxy called the Magellanic Clouds. These are abbreviated LMC and SMC (large and small Magellianic Cloud). These will one day gradually collide with The Milky Way but it is a long time until that happens; no need to worry. There is also the Andromeda Galaxy which is on a collision course with us.
What are the other galaxies accept Milky Way?
The observable Universe has at least a hundred billion galaxies. The galaxies closest to us are part of the so-called "Local Group" (that is, the group that includes our galaxy); this Local Group includes our own galaxy (i.e., the Milky Way), the Andromeda Galaxy, the Triangulum Galaxy, and about 50 dwarf galaxies such as the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. Then, of course, there are hundreds or thousands of galaxies "near-by" as distances between galaxies go, but outside of our Local Group.
Nearby galaxies may not show a redshift?
Nearby galaxies won't show much of a redshift, because they aren't moving away very quickly - or at all. For example, the Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is actually getting closer - and will collide with the Milky Way in about 3 billion years.
What are examples of the milky way and Andromeda galaxies?
Spiral galaxies
How does the Andromeda galaxy compare with the milky way galaxy?
They are both spiral galaxies, except the Milky Way is a barred spiral and the Andromeda is a typical spiral galaxy. The Andromeda has at least twice as many stars as the Milky Way, and it has more mass. The galaxies are going to merge in 4 billion years, and now they are about 2 million light years apart.
How many other small galaxies are there in the Andromeda galaxy?
There are no smaller galaxies in the Andromeda galaxy. In the Local group of galaxies to which Andromeda and the Milky Way are part of, there are around 30 smaller galaxies,
What do galaxies think?
Milky way - "I bet i could take you on in a fight, Andromeda!" Andromeda - "Bring it on!" No galaxies do not think!
What will happen to the Milky Way in the future?
It will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in a few billion years.
What galaxies do you have to see with a telescope?
ALL of them, except the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies.
How are the shapes of the milky way and the Andromeda galaxy related?
Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies are flat spirals in shape.
What are three galaxies?
Three galaxies would be the Milky Way, Andromeda, and Comet Galaxy.
How are the shapes of the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy related?
Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies are flat spirals in shape.
Is Andromeda in the milky way?
no. Andromeda is our nearest milky way's neighbor galaxy. so Andromeda is not locate in the milky way. the distance between these 2 galaxies are roughly 2.5 millions light years.
What is Andromeda doing relative to the Milky Way?
Andromeda is heading straight for us here in the Milky Way, and the two galaxies are going to collide. Don't lose any sleep over this; it isn't going to happen for roughly four billion years. By then the earth will very likely no longer be inhabited, and who knows where are descendants will be, if there will be any at all?
The milky way and Andromeda are?
they are both galaxies...andromeda being the larger of the two by almost double in size
