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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe only have 4Bil yrs left, according to NASA. Should we even try to get things right
or let things just be.
New data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope proves, NASA says, that in 4 billion years the Milky Way and Andromeda will collide or pass each other by so closely that the gravitational force each exerts on the other will cause them to slow down to the point of merging. The merger will be completed 6 billion years from now.
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We only have 4Bil yrs left, according to NASA. Should we even try to get things right (Original Post)
CK_John
Jun 2012
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I would say let's keep trying for another 500 million years. After than screw it. n/t
denverbill
Jun 2012
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aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)1. That barely gives me enough time to clean my house
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)2. Fuck the lawn..............
hughee99
(16,113 posts)3. Apparently, NASA doesn't have any Mayans running the show.
Because they would have told them there's only 6 months left.
TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)4. Hell, the sun goes red giant well before that, we'll have to relocate
denverbill
(11,489 posts)5. I would say let's keep trying for another 500 million years. After than screw it. n/t
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)6. Just stay in the left lane with the hammer down.