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Originally Posted by sledger
fact that the two Galaxies are on a collision course and getting nearer to each other at a speed of something like 400,000km per second
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Nothing can travel at a speed of 400,000 km per second. Light has a speed of approximately 300,000 km/sec, and that's the maximum speed in the universe, as far as we can tell. We are on a collision course with Andromeda at a rate of approximately 100 km/sec.
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Originally Posted by sledger
but despite that, they won't even be anywhere near touching distance for millions of years, weird
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Billions really.
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And perhaps my denial of any other life in the milkway is a bit much...i'm still dubious mind.
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I'm asking why you are so dubious? 200,000,000,000 stars not enough?
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However, I would bet everything I had on the fact that there is no other life in our solar system if such a claim could be verified, but then so would anyone who knows anything about space etc..
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Well, I like to think I know a little bit, and I'll take you up on that offer, if you mean life in general, and not intelligent life. I think there is a very good chance we'll find some form of life on either Europa, Titan, or somewhere else. Considering how active the solar system was in the past, it is not unreasonable to assume some life got bounced around. And then its just whether the destination environment is suitable.