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Re: Galaxies
Posted By: Dave, on host 206.124.3.206
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 20:31:55
In Reply To: Re: Galaxies posted by Sam on Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 16:46:58:

> All I can say for sure, though, is that in my intro
>to astronomy class, I remember the lecture about
>colliding galaxies, and I'm pretty sure the risk of
>an impact to any particular solar system being
>extremely small. The risk of meteors throwing the
>planet's orbit off-kilter is greater.

Yeah. I took the same class (although with a different teacher--suck!) and we heard the same thing. Check the link below for more info.

-- Dave


Link: Milky Way vs. Andomeda

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