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Old 19-05-2007, 10:56 AM
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Where will the Solar System end up?

Recent modelling indicates that the solar system will be disrupted from the Milky Way after the next 2 close encounters with the Andromeda galaxy:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...s-collide.html

The Andromeda Galaxy, about 2.5 times the size of the milky way galaxy at 220,000 light year across, is heading our way at 300 kms/sec.

The modelling indicates that on the third encounter, both galaxies will merge.
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