> (...) destined to spend millions of years colliding into each other before finally merging into a galaxy all their own. > (...) about 350 million light-year

> (...) destined to spend millions of years colliding into each other before finally merging into a galaxy all their own. > (...) about 350 million light-years from Earth. So, they are already together, the problem is that light is just _too_ slow so we cannot see it yet. :)