Image: Collision paths of our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy
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Description: This illustration shows the collision paths of our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. The galaxies are moving toward each other under the inexorable pull of gravity between them. Also shown is a smaller galaxy, Triangulum, which may be part of the smashup.
Title: Collision paths of our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy
Credit: nasa.gov on web.archive.org
Author: NASA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger
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