01/24/2014

Star-Crossed Galaxies

9:20 minutes

Collisions between two spiral galaxies can be spectacular affairs, filled with drama and romance. Barry Rothberg, of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics in Potsdam, details how the massive events play out and why the fate of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, could already be sealed.

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Luke Groskin is Science Friday’s video producer. He’s on a mission to make you love spiders and other odd creatures.