[Bane]

I know this is offtopic with regards to time travel and all, but this stuff facinates me. I was watching a show on Discovery Science about our galaxy and it's place within the universe. Scientists have witnessed the collision of two galaxies. The photograph they had of it was unreal. They said the two galaxies would pass through each other like a mist, until the two black holes' gravitational pulls would cause them to orbit each other. As this is happening planets are smashing into each other, others are flung far off into space.

What made this even more interesting was the fact that it's going to happen to the Milky Way. They are tracking our sister galaxy and have predicted a collision in hundreds of millions of years. Of course, we won't be here to witness it but could you imagine? You'd be able to see the other galaxy prominently in the sky for quite some time beforehand. The collision would forever change...well...everything...if the Earth survives. The constellations would be gone, the climate would change drastically, the night/day cycle would be disrupted...or we could be smashed to dust by a larger cosmic body or flung into space away from our sun, turning Earth into a lifeless ice cube.

What amazes me is the fact that it hasn't happened already.

Anyways, sorry for the long offtopic post, but I'm bored at work right now. biggrin: