tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post4508789300631718276..comments2024-01-08T00:40:50.918-08:00Comments on The Dragon's Tales: Bigger and Badder Than Ever!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-40110898795713429022009-01-06T08:38:00.000-08:002009-01-06T08:38:00.000-08:00It's 2.5 million (+/-) light years away. From wha...It's 2.5 million (+/-) light years away. From what I understand, the Milky Way and Andromeda are spiraling in towards each other: the combined gravity of thw two galaxies is pulling them together.<BR/><BR/>It is supposed to be over a billion years from now - for some reason 2.5 billion sticks in my head - and look something <A HREF="http://geology.com/news/2006/10/image-of-largest-galaxy-collision.html" REL="nofollow">like this when it happens</A>.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and it won't be fast. Think of it like a cosmic train wreck that takes a looooong time (even in geological scales) to happen. The Antenna Galaxies began their crunch 500 million years ago and they're not done.Will Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562404098136557872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-36833668205925870202009-01-05T17:41:00.000-08:002009-01-05T17:41:00.000-08:00How would we "splat" against the Andromeda galaxy?...How would we "splat" against the Andromeda galaxy? Isn't that like light-years away from us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com