Vermont Citizen Scientist<p>Collision course? <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-the-milky-way-and-andromeda-galaxies-ever-collide/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/will-the-milky-way-and-andromeda-galaxies-ever-collide/</span></a> If it occurs (and models are giving probabilities between 30% and 50%) it will be in about 8 BILLION years. <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/galaxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxies</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/collision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collision</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/andromeda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>andromeda</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/milkyway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milkyway</span></a></p>