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When Andromeda Hits the Milky Way: Earth’s Distant Future

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is heading toward the Milky Way for a collision in about 4 billion years, forming a new galaxy called Milkomeda. Despite the dramatic name, stars won’t crash—space is too vast. Our Solar System may be flung farther from the center or even ejected into intergalactic space, but Earth and planets stay […]