Andromeda and Milky Way Collision | AstroAdventurers

The Andromeda - Milky way collision Spectacle

Did you know? 🌌 The Andromeda Galaxy wasn’t always known as a galaxy—scientists once called it a “nebula”! Then, 101 years ago, Edwin Hubble took a peek through a 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson and realized Andromeda was a whole galaxy of its own. Mind-blown moment! 🤯 Andromeda is a staggering 2.5 million light-years away, but one day, it’s set to merge with the Milky Way to create a new super-galaxy, “Milkomeda.” For now, catch this bright beauty in the night sky and see why the universe

The Andromeda–Milky Way collision is a galactic collision predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years between the two largest galaxies in the Local Group—the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. The stars involved are sufficiently far apart that it is improbable that any of them will individually collide. ⠀⠀ The result of the collision between Andromeda and the Milky Way will be a new, larger galaxy, but rather than being a spiral like its forebears, this new system ends up as a giant elliptica