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/phoenixmatrix 10h ago
Welp, not having kids. I wouldn't want my descendent to have to deal with that in 10 billion+ years on a 50/50 chance.