Milky_Way_Utah_3 by madmiked on Flickr.
NASA’s Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
NASA image release Thursday, May 31, 2012
Caption: This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years. In this image, representing Earth’s night sky in 3.75 billion years, Andromeda (left) fills the field of view and begins to distort the Milky Way with tidal pull.
Credit: NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger
