Ha-Ha! I am going to look for an OTC medication that can keep me awake for the next billion years or so, so that I can exclaim, "Oh sh*t!" with precision when the next space rock crashes into me.:-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > Just the thought that the two galaxies will merge in 1.5 Billion solar > years > terrifies me into sleepless nights. Maybe it will cause me sleep apnea > or even > worse ... one of Vag's anal fistulas. Gosh, that sounds so indecent. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard%E2%80%93Smithsonian_Center_for_Ast\ > rophysics> > > > Andromeda - Milky Way collision > > Two scientists with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics > stated that when, and even whether, the two galaxies collide will depend > on Andromeda's transverse velocity. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision#cite\ > _note-muir-0> Based on current calculations they predict a 50% chance > that in a merged galaxy the solar system will be swept out three times > farther from the galactic core than it is currently located. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision#cite\ > _note-muir-0> They also predict a 12% chance that the Solar System will > be ejected from the new galaxy some time during the collision. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision#cite\ > _note-Cain-5> Such an event would have no adverse effect on the system > and chances of any sort of disturbance to the Sun or planets themselves > may be remote. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision#cite\ > _note-Cain-5> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision#cite\ > _note-6> > Without intervention, by the time that the two galaxies collide, the > surface of the Earth will have already become far too hot for liquid > water to exist, ending all terrestrial life, which is currently > estimated to occur in about 1.4 billion years due to gradually > increasing luminosity of the Sun. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision#cite\ > _note-Schroeder-7> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision#cite\ > _note-8> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> > wrote: > > > > Hi Xenos, Perhaps galaxies do crash into one another, but not to any > practical effect. In other words it is not so chaotic and destructive to > us that it affects our lives. > > > > Good point about being aligned with reality has nothing to do with > controlling anything. The more I am aligned, the less I control, and > everything works out perfectly. Often times I will have a thought and it > will materialize right in front of me, or in a relatively short time. It > is this confidence which builds on itself, driving me away from the idea > that I am limited and thus must exert my limited control, instead > relying on the unfathomable foundation of life to carry out my > fulfillment in whatever way it chooses to do so.:-) > > >
