What Would Happen If the Andromeda Galaxy (A Spiral About

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Multiple Choice

What would happen if the Andromeda Galaxy (a spiral about the same size as ours) collided with our own Milky Way Galaxy?

• A) The two galaxies would pass through each other,the stars sailing past one another unharmed,while the interstellar gas and dust clouds would collide and stop,thereby becoming extremely heated.
• B) The two galaxies would pass through each other almost unchanged,with essentially no interactions at all.
• C) The supermassive black holes of the two galaxies would collide and explode,the resulting radiation essentially destroying their stars,planets,and any life forms that there may have been (including us).
• D) All of the gas and dust clouds and a great many of the stars would collide with each other,stopping both galaxies and creating a galactic merger.

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Definitions:

Distributions

The manner in which a phenomenon or characteristic is spread out over an area or volume.

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