Our galaxy is about to play a violent game of tussle with two dangerous neighbors. These two dangerous neighbors of the Milky Way are none other than gaseous clouds emanating from the explosion of stars. These two gaseous clouds are born from the mutual pull of two dwarf galaxies located close to our galaxy. The mass of these dwarf galaxies is about 100 times less than that of our Milky Way. Now these gaseous spheres are rapidly approaching the gravity of our galaxy.
The ongoing tussle of 3 billion years will end
The tussle between these two dwarf galaxies and our galaxy for the last 3 billion years is about to end. Both these galaxies appear to be losing in front of the gravity of our galaxy. It is already known that larger galaxies eat up smaller galaxies. This is the reason that both these dwarf galaxies are now rapidly moving towards our galaxy.
Our galaxy will be filled with star-forming gases
Due to their pull, both these dwarf galaxies are moving forward, leaving behind a red mark. One day, this hot gas-filled stream will collide with our galaxy and fill it with star-forming gas. This collision will permanently change the landscape of the night sky. This will also lead to the rapid formation of new stars in our galaxy.
Collision will happen after 50 million years
In clear skies, you can see these two dwarf galaxies behind our Milky Way in the southern part of the sky. However, it is very difficult to see them without binoculars. They are moving ahead, leaving a red mark behind them. These are known as Magellanic Streams. It is likely to collide with our galaxy within about 50 million years.
These 'monsters' reached five times closer than before
The Magellanic Stream is much closer to our galaxy than previously estimated, according to new research published on November 8 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The team of researchers discovered the relationship between the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds with each other and our galaxy in their recent observations of this reddish structure. They found that this stream is only 65,000 light years away from Earth. It is five times closer than before.
Some astronauts were present on the International Space Station at the time of the solar eclipse. He captured interesting pictures of the solar eclipse in the camera. The crew of NASA's Expedition 66 watched the solar eclipse through a 360-degree window.
The US space agency NASA has shared interesting pictures of the solar eclipse that took place on Saturday. These pictures show an interesting view of the solar eclipse on Earth from space. This solar eclipse on December 4 was not seen in India. Despite this, it was clearly visible in many countries of Antarctica and South America, along with Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
The oblique shadow of the moon was seen on the earth
NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron described the eclipse as incredible to see from space. He told that the astronauts saw the shadow of the Moon falling on the Earth from the International Space Station. Due to this, one part of the earth was plunged into deep darkness, while the rest remained light.
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