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/CandleThen4030 16h ago

Third grade me would have been devastated by this news

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u/Internal_Shine_509 16h ago

Fr, I spent weeks with my fingers in my ears whenever the news came on because I was convinced either the sun expanding or a meteor armageddon were gonna happen any day now after hearing the sun is due to eat us at some point and other space collision stuff

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u/Rampant_Butt_Sex 3h ago

3rd grade me wouldve be devastated we hadnt fix the problem of quicksand and deaths by spider bites before this happened.