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Milky Way Galaxy’s Head-On Crash with Andromeda

Top Right:  Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger: Present Day

Top Left: Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger: 2 Billion Years

First Middle: Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger: 3.75 Billion Years

Second Middle and Third Middle: Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger: 3.85-3.9 Billion Years

Fourth Middle:  Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger:  4 Billion Years

Bottom Right:  Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger:  5.1 Billion Years

Bottom Left:  Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger:  7 Billion Years

Maybe I’ll have myself frozen when I die so I can see this.  The sun will begin to enter the red giant phase after 5 billion years, and the earth probably won’t be around to see the final frame unless mankind manages to move it into a higher orbit before then. ~ Steve