Collision course

R. Brent Tully ()
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R. Brent Tully: R. Brent Tully is at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7413, 600-601

Abstract: Four billion years from now, the Andromeda galaxy will have a close encounter with the Milky Way. The two galaxies will commence a dance of disruption that will, over the course of another two billion years, lead to their complete union.

Date: 2012
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