Merger of galaxies

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

标题

• Merger of galaxies

最新修改

• 07/28/2026

创造者

• NASA Goddard

创建日期

• 20171208

资源类型

• Image

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• No Known Copyright

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• SPA-001

学科

• NASA
• earth