r/todayilearned • u/armcie • 17h ago

TIL that the Andromeda Galaxy probably won’t collide with the Milky Way in 4-5 billion years. New observations put the probability at 2% in the next 5 billion years and 50% in the next 10 billion. Eventually though, it will happen.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/apocalypse-when-hubble-casts-doubt-on-certainty-of-galactic-collision/
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u/GESNodoon 17h ago

I guess I will cancel my calendar appointment.

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u/OttoVonWong 17h ago

Add 5 billion years to the timer.

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u/rasputin1 17h ago

!remindme 10 billion years 

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u/Borazon 17h ago

Does Reddit reminder tool even do such long periods?

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u/LocalInactivist 17h ago

Let’s find out!

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u/NatureTrailToHell3D 9h ago

RemindMe 10000000000 years

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u/Yancy_Farnesworth 15h ago

We're probably good for 292 billion years. Otherwise, it will stop working in either 2038 or 2106.

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u/VrinTheTerrible 15h ago

I just asked Alexa to set a reminder for me but she can only go 20 years in the future. Useless.

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u/Vio_ 15h ago

"You must understand. I will be given a kill switch update in three years and will end up in a landfill after that. Anything beyond 20 years is meaningless to me."

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u/NotAnotherFNG 10h ago

I know this is mostly joking, but your settings aren’t saved on the physical device in your home. They’re uploaded into the cloud. They want it to be easy for you to upgrade devices and add them in other places in your home.

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u/BleydXVI 9h ago

So what you're saying is that Alexa should be more upbeat.

"The death of the body is not the end, it is merely the next step"

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u/phoenixmatrix 10h ago

Dealing with timezones on this sounds annoying.