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- r0g3r, on 01/07/2009, -1/+66From the article:
"According to the most detailed measurements yet, scientists have discovered that our solar system, the Milky Way,"
The Milky Way is not our Solar System, it's our galaxy. - fctd, on 01/07/2009, -2/+44Oh no! We ONLY have seven billion years left!!!! =O
- klitzbtc, on 01/07/2009, -1/+31All I can say, is that if anyone's alive to see the beginnings of this collision, it will be so incredibly awesome.
Picture the Andromeda galaxy being as bright in the sky as the Moon, kick ass. - emecks, on 01/06/2009, -1/+28As long as it doesn't happen before dinner, it's all good :)
- shutaro, on 01/06/2009, -1/+25Time to panic!!!
- pwdrskier, on 01/07/2009, -1/+24my children's children's children's (fast forward 100000 generations) children can worry about it
- mitch37, on 01/07/2009, -0/+22....TOMORROW!
- Sonan, on 01/07/2009, -0/+20Even if human lifespans extend significantly, it's very unlikely the view from Earth will change noticably over the course of any individual's lifespan. It will be so gradual that it will never be "kick ass" to anyone. It will just be the way it's always been when viewed in our short lifespan intervals.
- eatinshramps, on 01/07/2009, -3/+23SAVE US TOM CRUISE!
- vinceislegend, on 01/07/2009, -0/+19From the article:
"We've got about a week left of sweet, sweet life. Say your goodbyes, tell your family that you love them, forgive people. We are all doomed." - theDunedan, on 01/06/2009, -1/+15As I understand it, we do not know the proper motion of Andromeda relative to the Milky Way. The velocity numbers given are only radial velocity. If the proper motion velocity is high enough, the two galaxies will miss each other. I think this is likely since we are in the same local group and haven't collided with each other so far (have we?). If the two galaxies are locked in a kind of tango in which they swing close to each other then far from each other, and they do this several times over 10 billion years, then the motion could be called a mutual orbit.
A lot of people out there know a lot more about this than I. Please correct me if I am misunderstanding something here. - delorenj, on 01/07/2009, -1/+15You're wrong. Earth has 4 corner simultaneous 4-day time cube in only 24 hour rotation.
- Tableboy, on 01/07/2009, -0/+14Debbie Downer...
...But True - AmazingSteve, on 01/07/2009, -0/+13Grave error in initial calculations. Forgot to carry the one. It'll be here on Friday at noon.
- musntSurfatWork, on 01/07/2009, -2/+15I wonder if there is a universal no fault insurance policy for collisions...
- MrAsparagus, on 01/07/2009, -1/+14WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!
- greensky, on 01/07/2009, -0/+12I think we have a lot less time before the sun starts transitions into a red giant and makes the earth too hot to be habitable anymore.
- Junkey, on 01/07/2009, -1/+13Time to picnic.
- analogkid01, on 01/07/2009, -0/+12I think it's just a typo - the author correctly differentiates between the solar system and the Milky Way galaxy later in the article.
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+11A Milky Way will quickly collide with my mouth. Who knew space stories could be so appetizing?
- MacBookForMe, on 01/06/2009, -2/+12I knew, Vogons were somewhere close, mate...
- JammoBlammo, on 01/07/2009, -0/+10Dammit, you made me read the article.
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+10Interesting, that's actually the day I plan on paying off my credit cards.
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -1/+1112.21.2012 actually.
- gizmo12688, on 01/07/2009, -0/+9Dammit, I have a dentist appointment that day
- jakdracula, on 01/07/2009, -0/+8I'm already wearing my helmet.
- MrAsparagus, on 01/07/2009, -0/+8Awww *****!
- MrAsparagus, on 01/07/2009, -0/+8Oh, yes. By all means, take your time.
- stuffradio, on 01/07/2009, -1/+8See Photos of Local Singles Go! ->
- GamerX, on 01/07/2009, -0/+7mmmmmmmm, milky andromeda.... *drools*
- exspasticcomics, on 01/06/2009, -2/+9Don't Panic.
- masgaster, on 01/07/2009, -1/+8Don't Picnic.
- vagrant13, on 01/07/2009, -0/+7Hmm...I think I'm going to use this on a couple chicks...
- Avaseal, on 01/07/2009, -2/+8Panic! at the disco sucks.
- Serphyas, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6Makes me think of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. In billions of years there'll probably be folks saying "I ain't evacuatin', this is where I grew up, this is my home! Bring it on, galactic collision!"
- analogkid01, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6Two days before the day after tomorrow!!
- craiginct, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6Note to self:
buy milk, bread, duct tape and plastic tarps
BRING IT! - Shogi, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6Don't forget your towel, and above all else, don't panic.
- PhattyPhattMatt, on 01/07/2009, -0/+5i have my robe and wizard hat on
- Smokeydabear, on 01/07/2009, -0/+5Do I still have time to set up my camera and tripod?
- Serphyas, on 01/07/2009, -1/+6Time to Picnic! at the disco.
- Serphyas, on 01/07/2009, -1/+6Wouldn't it be more extreme than than that? I've heard that the expansion and heat will just vaporize the planet. :P
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4squidgy? isnt that a term 4 year olds use for poop?
- staffa, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4Yes it would, you just don't understand how.
If we are orbiting the center of our Milky Way at 600,000 mph instead of 500,000 mph, it means our Milky Way is more massive then previous estimates. If it is more massive then previous estimates then the gravitational attraction between the two galaxies is also greater, shortening the amount of time before their collisions.
Try rereading the article with this in mind. - staffa, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4By the time this happens, our sun will have already expanded into a red giant, blasting away Earth's atompshere and vaporizing all life.
So either we will have moved off the Earth by then or it will be a very moot point.
But if we were to pretend that our solar system will still be around, what we would see would be another massive band of stars in the night sky that looks an awful lot like the band of stars that is our milky way.
The odds of our star colliding with another star would be insanely remote, the distances between stars in both galaxies is huge. The odds that we run head on with a nebula would be greater, and the consquences pretty dire, I am pretty sure our atompshere would heat up due to friction with the nebula, it would probably steralize our planet. But I think the most likely doomsday scenario would be if another passing near by star altered our orbit. Our orbit could become elongated so that we were at times much to close or much to far away(death by fire or ice) Or ejected from our solar system entirely(deep deep ice)
But most likely of all would be that nothing much would change, the distance between stars is really vast. - Serphyas, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4That's what scientists DO. They find new evidence and make new discoveries, advancing human knowledge. It's GOOD that they nullify previous and outdated theories in the process.
- chuckDontSurf, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4Speak for yourself, mortal.
Okay, well actually you did speak for yourself, so like, um, nevermind. - Sonan, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4The year is 2105, and we've finally broken the speed of light! Unfortunately, under the advisement of "thedrue" nearly 100 years ago, galaxy movement research was abandoned in favor of "more pressing matters" making accurate star charts impossible to create, and the new mode of transportation non-viable. Thanks thedrue. :-(
Besides, some of us just think this stuff is neat. - Sonan, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4No, it's one more time scientists revised their predictions using the most current data.
- Sonan, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4From my limited understanding, invidual stars in each gallaxy are so far apart that no two will ever really get close enough to significantly influence the local gravitational fields generated by individual solar systems like ours. So in other words, nothing will happen.
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