NASA's Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-on Collision with Andromeda Galaxy
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 16:37
in Astronomy & Space
NASA astronomers announced they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, Sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. The Milky Way is destined to get a major makeover during the encounter, which is predicted to happen four billion years from now. It's likely the Sun will be flung into a new region of our galaxy, but our Earth and solar system are in no danger of being destroyed.