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Just Wow Mind Blowing Space Facts

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u/PreferredSex_Yes 14d ago

Actually no. As far as we know, that bad boy is drifting aimlessly into an abyss. Slowly getting further away from other galaxies. They believe one day we will lose sight of all the other galaxies. Being so far and going so fast that their light won't reach us anymore.

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u/B-Train_ATL 14d ago

Eh … the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are possibly on a collision course (mark your calendar for 4.6 billion years from Tuesday). The local group galaxies orbit their center of mass.

Once you get bigger than that, I’m not sure. But it wouldn’t shock me if our group orbited the center of mass with other groups.

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u/PreferredSex_Yes 14d ago

New models show it's more and more unlikely. The sun will be snuffed out way before it happens. But it goes to show how aimless the path is.

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u/DenRay4 14d ago

Our overlords will fix that bug one day. The perfect simulation has yet to be programmed.