Astronomers Finally Solved Why Andromeda Is Racing Toward Us
By BRIGHT SIDE
Community Score: 50% | 61.1K views | 4w
0 community ratings: null thumbs up, null thumbs down
Astronomers have finally figured out why Andromeda Galaxy is speeding toward us through space. For years, scientists knew a collision with the Milky Way was inevitable—but not exactly what was driving it. Credits: Dark Energy Survey deep field image: By Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgments: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab) - https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2118a/, CC BY 4.0, https://tinyurl.com/53vd2pyc Strong gravitational lensing: By JaMcCullough, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=183237083 Active Galactic Nuclei: By Vincent L. Fish, Kazunori Akiyama, Katherine L. Bouman, Andrew A. Chael, Michael D. Johnson, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Lindy Blackburn, John F. C. Wardle, William T. Freeman, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. - http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/4/4/54, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59845250 Black hole: By Eve
Tags: andromeda galaxy collision, astronomy discoveries, astrophysics research, brightside, brightsideglobal, cosmic collision explained, cosmic events explained, curiosities, dark matter gravity, deep space phenomena, earth, future of milky way, galaxies moving together, galaxy movement science, milky way andromeda, mystery, planet, space discoveries 2026, trending space news, universe expansion mysteries
More from BRIGHT SIDE
- 19 Simple Psychological Tricks That Actually Work — Score: 50%
- Scientists Found a 9th Planet — And It's Larger Than Anyone Expected — Score: 50%
- Astronomers Just Found a Galaxy Made of Invisible Matter — Score: 50%
- Mystery of Giant Skeleton Found by American Farmer — Score: 50%
- Saudi Arabia Is Building Its Next Megacity Inside a Huge Cube — Score: 50%
- American States That Will Disappear Soon - Alaska Is First — Score: 50%