Come On In, The Galaxy's Fine!
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Looks like we're not alone.
Robert H. Lupton of Princeton University recently presented findings to the American Astronomical Society regarding a dwarf galaxy that has begun merging with our good old Milky Way. The dwarf galaxy lies in the direction of the constellation Virgo at some 30,000 light years distance from the earth. While some of the dwarf galaxy's stars have been observed by telescope for centuries, they had previously been assumed to belong to our own. No doomsday scenarios here though - the Milky Way's girth will simply continue to grow as the new galaxy, and the hundreds of thousands of stars it brings will it, slowly merge.
Robert H. Lupton of Princeton University recently presented findings to the American Astronomical Society regarding a dwarf galaxy that has begun merging with our good old Milky Way. The dwarf galaxy lies in the direction of the constellation Virgo at some 30,000 light years distance from the earth. While some of the dwarf galaxy's stars have been observed by telescope for centuries, they had previously been assumed to belong to our own. No doomsday scenarios here though - the Milky Way's girth will simply continue to grow as the new galaxy, and the hundreds of thousands of stars it brings will it, slowly merge.
