File:Milky Way-Andromeda Collision close-up.jpg

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Description	Deutsch: Nahaufnahme eines möglichen Blicks auf die Kollision der Milchstraße mit der Andromeda-Galaxie. English: A close-up view of what the future Milky Way–Andromeda collision may look like in its early stages. NASA description: 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, the Andromeda Galaxy (left) fills the field of view, and begins to distort the Milky Way with tidal pull.
Date	before 31-05-2012
Source	nasa.gov on web.archive.org
Author	NASA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger

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