100,000 Computer Simulations Reveal Milky Way Galaxy's Fate | NASA Goddard FriendsofNASA.org: For decades, astronomers believed that one thing was as certain as death and taxes: the Milky Way and our neighboring Andromeda galaxy were on a crash course . . . destined to collide in less than 5 billion years. That galactic smash-up would spark massive star formation, scatter stars like cosmic billiard balls, and possibly throw our Sun into a whole new orbit. But now . . . that future may not be so

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