Is This The End Of The Universe As We Know It? (Milky Way Backend)

We know that several billion years from now the milky way will eventually merge with our closest large spiral galaxy, andromeda, but it might not be the only merger our galaxy goes through. 6 days ago · a spiral of stars representing the milky way galaxy with a bright clump in the middle at the centre of the galaxy. The sun is about half way between the centre and the edge of the. May 15, 2007 · someday our little corner of the universe will have a ringside seat for one of the biggest events in the cosmos. Two billion years from now, the milky way and andromeda, our.

The collision will destroy the galaxies as we know them, but the components of those galaxies—the stars and planets and solar systems—may actually remain intact.