enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Astrophotography@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe Andromeda galaxy screaming towards us at 300km/slemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down12
arrow-up1147arrow-down1imageThe Andromeda galaxy screaming towards us at 300km/slemmy.blahaj.zoneenbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Astrophotography@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareGreat Blue HeronlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOh, wow. I expected someone to correct me and say it will be much sooner due to the size of the two galaxies but didn’t think I was that far off.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoExtremely technical use of “technically” - we’re talking about maybe 1 atom of hydrogen per cubic meter, but if that atom is bound by a galaxy’s gravity it sort of is part of that galaxy, kinda.
Oh, wow. I expected someone to correct me and say it will be much sooner due to the size of the two galaxies but didn’t think I was that far off.
Extremely technical use of “technically” - we’re talking about maybe 1 atom of hydrogen per cubic meter, but if that atom is bound by a galaxy’s gravity it sort of is part of that galaxy, kinda.