Scientific American - USA (2012-12)

Illustration by Ron Miller

COSMIC

CR ASHE S

A S T R O N O M Y

New revelations

about how galaxies

collide offer

a preview of the

Milky Way’s future

By Aaron S. Evans

and Lee Armus

FORECASTED FUTURE: An illustration

shows a possible view of the merging

Milky Way–Andromeda system

as seen from Pluto, which may get

tossed to the galaxy’s outskirts,

along with the solar system.

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