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Cosmic Collisions
Josh Barnes
Stellar Collision
A collision between the Sun and another star would take a few hours
Afterwards, the Solar System would be a “disaster area”
What is the chance that the Sun will ever collide with another star?
One in four billion.
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What are chances that the Sun or Earth will ever collide with a Black Hole?
Far lower still.
But …in some parts of the Galaxy, the odds of collisions are much higher.
Galaxy Collisions
The Milky Way is now swallowing a small galaxy, the Sagittarius dwarf.
In a few billion years the Milky Way will collide with our larger neighbor, the
Andromeda galaxy
”The Mice'' are in the middle of a collision that will last 300 million years.
The Mice at Play
How Dangerous are Galactic Collisions?
mostly harmless, unless...
….. the galaxies contain supermassive black holes.
Conclusion:
Don’t Panic
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