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It’s amazing to ponder over the story in some of these pictures. Like god knows how old these galaxies are that are in process of colliding. And god knows what kind of life forms are present on there, about to be destroyed, or ones that have capabilities to escape or ones that have only just begun, only to instantly be wiped from history. Things are going on beyond our wildest dreams and fantasies everyday, and these pictures can portray more than you could ever consider.
I see a lovely oyster and pearl, so beautiful
Luke, at times pondering things like that is the only way I can release my day to day stress. When I step outside of myself and realize how very very small I am and that my life span, in comparison to the rest of the universe, is almost non-existent… Guess I should make the most of the short time I have and stop stressing that I once again have to work all night on Friday :)
And Patricia, the resemblance of an oyster and beautiful pearl is what drew me to this pic in the first place.
luke, god has nothing to do with this. furthermore, the stars in these galaxies are so far apart, they probably wont be destroyed.
my fellow Henry, im sorry to say that you are undeniably wrong. it is clearly evident in the arcing of the lower galaxy’s orbital disc, that the overlapping gravitational pulls are altering the paths of the planets. the planets being sucked out of their own respective galaxy’s gravitational pull (even at the slow pace they are moving) will undoubtedly create giant shifts in the planets’ axises, rotation, and orbit. completely altering any normal characteristics and climates the individual planet had retained for its lifetime. aka destroyed
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Henry2, you are entirely incorrect.
While there is a much higher probability of a stellar collision, they would still be highly unlikely. You do not properly comprehend the immense scale involved. Planets are not going to be pulled out of orbit by another star system passing by even just a couple light-years away. Are orbits of the star systems going to be altered? Yes of course, but at the distances involved, the gravitational pull would be so slight and evenly distributed over the scale of a single star system that anyone on a single planet wouldn’t even notice a difference. Then, the time scale alone for a galactic collision is ridiculously huge; you’re thinking as if this is some kind of galactic traffic accident that will happen over a span of days or weeks. A galactic ‘collision’ would take hundreds of millions of years if not billions to play out. Aside from that, planets’ axes and climates shift all the time for any number of reasons; there is no ‘normal’ characteristic for a planet over the lifetime of a solar system. Everything is in flux.