Colliding galaxies and their effect on inhabited planets.

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Eddie
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Colliding galaxies and their effect on inhabited planets.

Post by Eddie » Thu May 15, 2008 8:49 pm

I wonder how the gravitation of colliding galaxies would effect planets that are inhabited. There must be millions of them out there. Would a collision between galaxies destroy planets by pulling them away from their sun?
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Post by iampete » Thu May 15, 2008 8:55 pm

Possibly. BMAONE23 described a reasonable set of scenarios at http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... c&start=15
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