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> Although the galaxies will plow into each other, stars inside each galaxy are so far apart that they will not collide with other stars during the encounter.
by jberryman 14y ago
> Although the galaxies will plow into each other, stars inside each galaxy are so far apart that they will not collide with other stars during the encounter.
Wow, that is just impossible to fathom.
- dredmorbius 14y agoNot impossible. It just takes a lot of fathoms. The nearest star is 2.3796167e+16 fathoms from Earth. The Andromeda Galaxy is presently about 1.3e+22 fathoms away. It's approaching the Milky Way at roughly 5.8e+8 furlongs per fortnight.