And, it’s on a crash course with its neighborthe Andromeda Galaxy.
While these spiral galaxies are 2.5 million light years apart, that won’t always be the case.
And our solar system?
Illustration: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), and A. Mellinger
That should be safe too.
In 2012, data from the Hubble Telescope confirmed that there would definitely be a collision.
It’s important to remember that these types of collisions are quite normal and expected.
Photo:NASA
In 4 billion years, the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide.
At that point, they will form one galaxy nicknamed Milkomeda or Milkdromeda.
Photo:NASA
