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Old February 8th 20, 11:57 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default Galaxies Merge BUT No Collisions

On Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 12:54:31 PM UTC-8, wrote:

When the Milky Way and Andromeda merge in a few billion years, there will be essentially no star collisions. Lots of gravitational interaction but no collisions. This is because star dimensions are so vastly less than the distances between them.


Sure, star collisions are incredibly rare, but not unheard of. Here are some really interesting links about this subject matter...

https://www.universetoday.com/107244/can-stars-collide/

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/w...stars-collide/

https://www.newscientist.com/article...-than-thought/