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Over time - billions of years - galaxies will merge with other galaxies. In about 3 billion years, the Andromeda galaxy will merge with our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
However, the separation between galaxies is so great, that not all galaxies will merge unless the fundamental issue of the amount of mass in the Universe is determined.
If we live in a "contracting universe" then eventually all galaxies will merge.
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Is there something bigger than a galaxy?
Yes. Galaxy clusters are clusters of galaxies and therefore larger than individual galaxies. Superclusters are clusters of galaxy clusters and so are larger then galaxy clusters. Filaments are collections of superclusters and are the largest known structures in the universe.
Are quasars and active galaxies cosmic cannibals?
well actually all galaxies are active, and yes they do combine after a dance across the sky, and the center of the galaxies combine, I wouldn't call it eating though because all they do is combine with each other. ______________________________________________________________________ The Andromeda galaxy is approaching our Galaxy at about 300 Km/s, and the collision between both galaxies will take place in about 4.5 billion years. Andromeda galaxy is larger in both astronomical size and number of stars than the Milky Way, although Andromeda may not be the most massive, as recent findings suggest that the Milky Way may contain more Dark Matter, and so could be most massive than Andromeda (galaxy Messier 31 or National General Catalog 224). Who will «eat» who? Bets are accepted...
Is the Earth located in a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way?
The Earth and its parent star, the Sun, are located within the Milky Way galaxy, so named by the inhabitants of Earth. The Milky Way galaxy is believed to be a larger-than-average barred spiral galaxy. There may be as many as 300 billion stars in our Milky Way, maybe many more. The nearest galaxy of such enormous class we have named the Andromeda galaxy. It is roughly 2.5 million light-years distant. But there are two tiny galaxies that orbit our own Milky Way; the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. They are named for Ferdinand Magellan, the first white dude from the northern hemisphere to make a big noise about them. The Earth is located in the "Orion arm" of our galaxy, somewhere between half and two-thirds of the way out from its hellish center. In a galaxy thought to be 100,000 light years across, we find ourselves in the lucky "habitable zone" of one of its spiral arms.
What galaxy is Canopus from?
Yes. Every star that is visible to the naked eye is in the Milky Way galaxy. You need astonishingly powerful telescopes to distinguish even the largest and brightest stars in nearby galaxies.
What are the spectral lines of starlight from distant galaxies?
They are the characteristic frequencies of the elements "burning up" in the stars in the galaxy interspersed with absorption lines of other material between these elements and the earth. All these wavelengths will be increased by the red shift which results from the galaxy receding from the earth.
Which galaxies are bigger than the sun?
To be honest, if the sun was bigger than a galaxy, then it wouldn't fit in the galaxy and we wouldn't be here because the sun would burn us b=from being so large. But to answer your question, all galaxies are bigger than the sun.
Explain how all galaxies are similar?
All galaxies are massive clusters of stars scattered across the universe. Many galaxies take the same form, for instance, spiral and elliptical galaxies. Some galaxies also have a black hole in their center.
What do galaxy's have in common?
All galaxies are massive clusters of stars scattered across the universe. Many galaxies take the same form, for instance, spiral and elliptical galaxies. Some galaxies also have a black hole in their center.
What do other galaxies in the universe have in common with the milky way galaxy?
They all contain some form of sphere (ball)
Which stars are actually a galaxy?
No stars are actually a galaxy. All stars are stars and all galaxies are galaxies. Stars are found in galaxies. Some galaxies look like tiny dots in our night sky, so might look like a star, but they are not stars; they are galaxies.
Is the milky way galaxy the smallest out of all of the galaxies?
no.
What is the thing surrounding all the galaxy?
It is dwarf galaxies
What the difference between universe and galaxies?
A universe is a very big realm of darkness with galaxies in it. and there are billions of galaxies in the universe! One of those galaxies is our solar system, and in that solar system is our planet. There probably is even more then just one univserse. O_o Well... Galaxies are within the universe and a universe is defintly bigger then a galaxy
Can you name 1 galaxy from all the types there is?
Spiral Galaxies
Do all galaxies have planets in?
Probably, but impossible to tell as we are only just seeing planets within our own galaxy.
How all galaxies are similar?
they all contain billions of stars that orbit the center of the galaxy. all galaxies are also moving very slow.
What are all the galaxies?
The collection of all visible or detectable galaxies is known as the universe. Each galaxy is a vast collection of stars--billions of them. Some galaxies have trillions of stars.
