Collision course?"Assault on Andromeda: Nearby galaxy had recent collision" (SN: 10/21/06, p. 261) states, "Several billion years from now, scientists predict, the galaxy and the Milky Way Milky Way, the galaxy of which the sun and solar system are a part, seen as a broad band of light arching across the night sky from horizon to horizon; if not blocked by the horizon, it would be seen as a circle around the entire sky. will collide ..." How can galactic ga·lac·tic adj. 1. Relating to milk. 2. Promoting the flow of milk. galactic 1. pertaining to milk. 2. galactagogue. collisions occur in an expanding universe expanding universe: see universe. expanding universe Current understanding of the state of the universe. It is based on the finding that all galaxies are moving away from each other. , where galaxies should be moving away from each other? JAMES HENDRY James Hendry (September 25, 1885 – September 9, 1945) was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1943 until his death in 1945. In 1885, Hendry was born at Beith, Ayrshire, to John Hendry, a butcher, and his wife Maggie Allan. , FLORISSANT, MO. On the large scale, objects are indeed receding from each other. But locally, the gravity of two large galaxies that are relatively near overcomes cosmic expansion.--R. COWEN |
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