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NASA's Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision
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NASA's Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision

NASA's Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision

NASA's image library records NASA's Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

NASA image release Thursday, May 31, 2012 To view a video from this Hubble release go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/7309212940 Caption: This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years. In this image, representing Earth's

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NASA image release Thursday, May 31, 2012 To view a video from this Hubble release go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/7309212940 Caption: This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years. In this image, representing Earth's night sky in 3.75 billion years, Andromeda (left) fills the field of view and begins to distort the Milky Way with tidal pull. Credit: NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger To read more go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-colli... NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System

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