What would shake a galaxy and what would shake the universe?

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I'm trying to think of what kind of cosmic event would cause an explosion powerful enough to "shake" or disrupt the whole flow of a galaxy and on that same note what other kind of super cosmic event would have the power necessary to be felt across the known universe?






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  • What do you mean by shake and disrupt? Shaking as an earthquake? Disrupt the flow as destroying something or disrupt the laws of physics and etc. You'll get better answers if you're pinpoint what you want to achieve.
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  • Well what I'm specifically looking for is an explosion that has some scientific fact to it, strong enough to destroy a galaxy, and also one strong enough to destroy a big enough chunck of space that is immeasurable by the human mind
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  • What do you mean by shake and disrupt? Shaking as an earthquake? Disrupt the flow as destroying something or disrupt the laws of physics and etc. You'll get better answers if you're pinpoint what you want to achieve.
    – Faed
    56 mins ago










  • Well what I'm specifically looking for is an explosion that has some scientific fact to it, strong enough to destroy a galaxy, and also one strong enough to destroy a big enough chunck of space that is immeasurable by the human mind
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I'm trying to think of what kind of cosmic event would cause an explosion powerful enough to "shake" or disrupt the whole flow of a galaxy and on that same note what other kind of super cosmic event would have the power necessary to be felt across the known universe?






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  • What do you mean by shake and disrupt? Shaking as an earthquake? Disrupt the flow as destroying something or disrupt the laws of physics and etc. You'll get better answers if you're pinpoint what you want to achieve.
    – Faed
    56 mins ago










  • Well what I'm specifically looking for is an explosion that has some scientific fact to it, strong enough to destroy a galaxy, and also one strong enough to destroy a big enough chunck of space that is immeasurable by the human mind
    – nuckingfutz
    43 mins ago
















  • What do you mean by shake and disrupt? Shaking as an earthquake? Disrupt the flow as destroying something or disrupt the laws of physics and etc. You'll get better answers if you're pinpoint what you want to achieve.
    – Faed
    56 mins ago










  • Well what I'm specifically looking for is an explosion that has some scientific fact to it, strong enough to destroy a galaxy, and also one strong enough to destroy a big enough chunck of space that is immeasurable by the human mind
    – nuckingfutz
    43 mins ago















What do you mean by shake and disrupt? Shaking as an earthquake? Disrupt the flow as destroying something or disrupt the laws of physics and etc. You'll get better answers if you're pinpoint what you want to achieve.
– Faed
56 mins ago




What do you mean by shake and disrupt? Shaking as an earthquake? Disrupt the flow as destroying something or disrupt the laws of physics and etc. You'll get better answers if you're pinpoint what you want to achieve.
– Faed
56 mins ago












Well what I'm specifically looking for is an explosion that has some scientific fact to it, strong enough to destroy a galaxy, and also one strong enough to destroy a big enough chunck of space that is immeasurable by the human mind
– nuckingfutz
43 mins ago




Well what I'm specifically looking for is an explosion that has some scientific fact to it, strong enough to destroy a galaxy, and also one strong enough to destroy a big enough chunck of space that is immeasurable by the human mind
– nuckingfutz
43 mins ago










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If you are open to sci fi responses, there is a novel: “The sins of the fathers” where a very advanced civilization triggers supernovas regurlarly in order to create raw materials. But an accident happens, a chain reaction starts, and they blow up the center of the galaxy.






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Gravitational waves are the closest you will get to universe-shaking.



Predicted by Einstein and proven in 2015, these waves are caused by colliding black holes that stretch the fabric of space-time. Unfortunately, that is the closest you will get to shaking the universe. These waves require extremely sensitive lasers stretching miles apart to detect. All told, these waves change the size of the universe by only centimeters. Also, the shaking effect is not instant. The waves move at the speed of light, so they take time to spread through the universe. Even giant supernovae exploding is like a light tickle for a galaxy, and not even noticeable for the universe.






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  • So then the bigger the black holes the bigger the effects?
    – nuckingfutz
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  • @nuckingfutz Not really, the effect is still way too small for any real shaking. You would be best off going for a fictional reason or SAV (sufficiently advanced technology, a.k.a. magic)
    – John Locke
    59 mins ago











  • Ok awesome thank you for your help!
    – nuckingfutz
    52 mins ago

















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Well, since vibrations can't propagate through a vacuum, the 'shaking' would have to be something that can propagate through spacetime. Something like a Gravitational Wave fits the bill.



However, any event that would create a gravitational wave strong enough to shake a galaxy would probably also create a flash of radiation powerful enough to boil every planet within thousands of lightyears, and sterilise everything else.






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  • Is there any event strong enough?
    – nuckingfutz
    53 mins ago










  • Well, one could work out how much energy is released by an event that has created a gravitational wave, then calculate how much bigger the event would need to be to generate a wave that is big enough to be felt. At a guess, I would think something like a stellar mass worth of anti-matter being annihilated might do it. Of course, due to the inverse squares law, the wave weakens as it spreads out from the epicentre. Bear that in mind.
    – Arkenstein
    42 mins ago










  • I read this and it gave me goosebumps! can you please elaborate a little more on what a stellar mass worth of anti-mater being annihilated would do to the surrounding universe? On what level does the destruction stop at the epicenter?
    – nuckingfutz
    36 mins ago

















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I wish I could give a very elaborate answer here, but the question is just two simple. Respectively:



  • A galactic collision, that is, two galaxies passing through each other. This kind of event lapses for millions to billions of years. The galaxies may or may not merge. Since space is so empty it is unlikely for stars to actually collide. They are mostly flung to new, interesting orbits, or out of the galaxies altogether.


  • Big bang and, depending on the models you ascribe to, big crunch (big bang in reverse), collision with another universe, or brane collision. None of these support holywoodian apocalypses, though, because science ruins the rule of cool.






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  • Ok so I guess out of those options which is the most scientifically probable to happen?
    – nuckingfutz
    58 mins ago










  • @nuckingfutz galaxy collisions happen all the time. We will collide with Andromeda in a few dozen billion years. Some minor galaxies are being torn to shreds by the Milky Way as we speak. And I am quite sure the big bang has already happened [citation needed].
    – Renan
    54 mins ago










  • This helps a lot! Thank you!
    – nuckingfutz
    50 mins ago










  • I don't think one or two galaxies will make a difference to the universe, there are just too many for a few to matter.
    – John Locke
    47 mins ago







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    Required xkcd: what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/151/bignumbers.png
    – John Locke
    36 mins ago










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If you are open to sci fi responses, there is a novel: “The sins of the fathers” where a very advanced civilization triggers supernovas regurlarly in order to create raw materials. But an accident happens, a chain reaction starts, and they blow up the center of the galaxy.






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  • Thats so far up my alley its in my living room thanks!
    – nuckingfutz
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If you are open to sci fi responses, there is a novel: “The sins of the fathers” where a very advanced civilization triggers supernovas regurlarly in order to create raw materials. But an accident happens, a chain reaction starts, and they blow up the center of the galaxy.






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  • Thats so far up my alley its in my living room thanks!
    – nuckingfutz
    40 mins ago












up vote
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up vote
3
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If you are open to sci fi responses, there is a novel: “The sins of the fathers” where a very advanced civilization triggers supernovas regurlarly in order to create raw materials. But an accident happens, a chain reaction starts, and they blow up the center of the galaxy.






share|improve this answer












If you are open to sci fi responses, there is a novel: “The sins of the fathers” where a very advanced civilization triggers supernovas regurlarly in order to create raw materials. But an accident happens, a chain reaction starts, and they blow up the center of the galaxy.







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  • Thats so far up my alley its in my living room thanks!
    – nuckingfutz
    40 mins ago
















  • Thats so far up my alley its in my living room thanks!
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    40 mins ago















Thats so far up my alley its in my living room thanks!
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Thats so far up my alley its in my living room thanks!
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Gravitational waves are the closest you will get to universe-shaking.



Predicted by Einstein and proven in 2015, these waves are caused by colliding black holes that stretch the fabric of space-time. Unfortunately, that is the closest you will get to shaking the universe. These waves require extremely sensitive lasers stretching miles apart to detect. All told, these waves change the size of the universe by only centimeters. Also, the shaking effect is not instant. The waves move at the speed of light, so they take time to spread through the universe. Even giant supernovae exploding is like a light tickle for a galaxy, and not even noticeable for the universe.






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  • So then the bigger the black holes the bigger the effects?
    – nuckingfutz
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  • @nuckingfutz Not really, the effect is still way too small for any real shaking. You would be best off going for a fictional reason or SAV (sufficiently advanced technology, a.k.a. magic)
    – John Locke
    59 mins ago











  • Ok awesome thank you for your help!
    – nuckingfutz
    52 mins ago














up vote
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Gravitational waves are the closest you will get to universe-shaking.



Predicted by Einstein and proven in 2015, these waves are caused by colliding black holes that stretch the fabric of space-time. Unfortunately, that is the closest you will get to shaking the universe. These waves require extremely sensitive lasers stretching miles apart to detect. All told, these waves change the size of the universe by only centimeters. Also, the shaking effect is not instant. The waves move at the speed of light, so they take time to spread through the universe. Even giant supernovae exploding is like a light tickle for a galaxy, and not even noticeable for the universe.






share|improve this answer




















  • So then the bigger the black holes the bigger the effects?
    – nuckingfutz
    1 hour ago










  • @nuckingfutz Not really, the effect is still way too small for any real shaking. You would be best off going for a fictional reason or SAV (sufficiently advanced technology, a.k.a. magic)
    – John Locke
    59 mins ago











  • Ok awesome thank you for your help!
    – nuckingfutz
    52 mins ago












up vote
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up vote
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Gravitational waves are the closest you will get to universe-shaking.



Predicted by Einstein and proven in 2015, these waves are caused by colliding black holes that stretch the fabric of space-time. Unfortunately, that is the closest you will get to shaking the universe. These waves require extremely sensitive lasers stretching miles apart to detect. All told, these waves change the size of the universe by only centimeters. Also, the shaking effect is not instant. The waves move at the speed of light, so they take time to spread through the universe. Even giant supernovae exploding is like a light tickle for a galaxy, and not even noticeable for the universe.






share|improve this answer












Gravitational waves are the closest you will get to universe-shaking.



Predicted by Einstein and proven in 2015, these waves are caused by colliding black holes that stretch the fabric of space-time. Unfortunately, that is the closest you will get to shaking the universe. These waves require extremely sensitive lasers stretching miles apart to detect. All told, these waves change the size of the universe by only centimeters. Also, the shaking effect is not instant. The waves move at the speed of light, so they take time to spread through the universe. Even giant supernovae exploding is like a light tickle for a galaxy, and not even noticeable for the universe.







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  • So then the bigger the black holes the bigger the effects?
    – nuckingfutz
    1 hour ago










  • @nuckingfutz Not really, the effect is still way too small for any real shaking. You would be best off going for a fictional reason or SAV (sufficiently advanced technology, a.k.a. magic)
    – John Locke
    59 mins ago











  • Ok awesome thank you for your help!
    – nuckingfutz
    52 mins ago
















  • So then the bigger the black holes the bigger the effects?
    – nuckingfutz
    1 hour ago










  • @nuckingfutz Not really, the effect is still way too small for any real shaking. You would be best off going for a fictional reason or SAV (sufficiently advanced technology, a.k.a. magic)
    – John Locke
    59 mins ago











  • Ok awesome thank you for your help!
    – nuckingfutz
    52 mins ago















So then the bigger the black holes the bigger the effects?
– nuckingfutz
1 hour ago




So then the bigger the black holes the bigger the effects?
– nuckingfutz
1 hour ago












@nuckingfutz Not really, the effect is still way too small for any real shaking. You would be best off going for a fictional reason or SAV (sufficiently advanced technology, a.k.a. magic)
– John Locke
59 mins ago





@nuckingfutz Not really, the effect is still way too small for any real shaking. You would be best off going for a fictional reason or SAV (sufficiently advanced technology, a.k.a. magic)
– John Locke
59 mins ago













Ok awesome thank you for your help!
– nuckingfutz
52 mins ago




Ok awesome thank you for your help!
– nuckingfutz
52 mins ago










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1
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Well, since vibrations can't propagate through a vacuum, the 'shaking' would have to be something that can propagate through spacetime. Something like a Gravitational Wave fits the bill.



However, any event that would create a gravitational wave strong enough to shake a galaxy would probably also create a flash of radiation powerful enough to boil every planet within thousands of lightyears, and sterilise everything else.






share|improve this answer




















  • Is there any event strong enough?
    – nuckingfutz
    53 mins ago










  • Well, one could work out how much energy is released by an event that has created a gravitational wave, then calculate how much bigger the event would need to be to generate a wave that is big enough to be felt. At a guess, I would think something like a stellar mass worth of anti-matter being annihilated might do it. Of course, due to the inverse squares law, the wave weakens as it spreads out from the epicentre. Bear that in mind.
    – Arkenstein
    42 mins ago










  • I read this and it gave me goosebumps! can you please elaborate a little more on what a stellar mass worth of anti-mater being annihilated would do to the surrounding universe? On what level does the destruction stop at the epicenter?
    – nuckingfutz
    36 mins ago














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Well, since vibrations can't propagate through a vacuum, the 'shaking' would have to be something that can propagate through spacetime. Something like a Gravitational Wave fits the bill.



However, any event that would create a gravitational wave strong enough to shake a galaxy would probably also create a flash of radiation powerful enough to boil every planet within thousands of lightyears, and sterilise everything else.






share|improve this answer




















  • Is there any event strong enough?
    – nuckingfutz
    53 mins ago










  • Well, one could work out how much energy is released by an event that has created a gravitational wave, then calculate how much bigger the event would need to be to generate a wave that is big enough to be felt. At a guess, I would think something like a stellar mass worth of anti-matter being annihilated might do it. Of course, due to the inverse squares law, the wave weakens as it spreads out from the epicentre. Bear that in mind.
    – Arkenstein
    42 mins ago










  • I read this and it gave me goosebumps! can you please elaborate a little more on what a stellar mass worth of anti-mater being annihilated would do to the surrounding universe? On what level does the destruction stop at the epicenter?
    – nuckingfutz
    36 mins ago












up vote
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up vote
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Well, since vibrations can't propagate through a vacuum, the 'shaking' would have to be something that can propagate through spacetime. Something like a Gravitational Wave fits the bill.



However, any event that would create a gravitational wave strong enough to shake a galaxy would probably also create a flash of radiation powerful enough to boil every planet within thousands of lightyears, and sterilise everything else.






share|improve this answer












Well, since vibrations can't propagate through a vacuum, the 'shaking' would have to be something that can propagate through spacetime. Something like a Gravitational Wave fits the bill.



However, any event that would create a gravitational wave strong enough to shake a galaxy would probably also create a flash of radiation powerful enough to boil every planet within thousands of lightyears, and sterilise everything else.







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  • Is there any event strong enough?
    – nuckingfutz
    53 mins ago










  • Well, one could work out how much energy is released by an event that has created a gravitational wave, then calculate how much bigger the event would need to be to generate a wave that is big enough to be felt. At a guess, I would think something like a stellar mass worth of anti-matter being annihilated might do it. Of course, due to the inverse squares law, the wave weakens as it spreads out from the epicentre. Bear that in mind.
    – Arkenstein
    42 mins ago










  • I read this and it gave me goosebumps! can you please elaborate a little more on what a stellar mass worth of anti-mater being annihilated would do to the surrounding universe? On what level does the destruction stop at the epicenter?
    – nuckingfutz
    36 mins ago
















  • Is there any event strong enough?
    – nuckingfutz
    53 mins ago










  • Well, one could work out how much energy is released by an event that has created a gravitational wave, then calculate how much bigger the event would need to be to generate a wave that is big enough to be felt. At a guess, I would think something like a stellar mass worth of anti-matter being annihilated might do it. Of course, due to the inverse squares law, the wave weakens as it spreads out from the epicentre. Bear that in mind.
    – Arkenstein
    42 mins ago










  • I read this and it gave me goosebumps! can you please elaborate a little more on what a stellar mass worth of anti-mater being annihilated would do to the surrounding universe? On what level does the destruction stop at the epicenter?
    – nuckingfutz
    36 mins ago















Is there any event strong enough?
– nuckingfutz
53 mins ago




Is there any event strong enough?
– nuckingfutz
53 mins ago












Well, one could work out how much energy is released by an event that has created a gravitational wave, then calculate how much bigger the event would need to be to generate a wave that is big enough to be felt. At a guess, I would think something like a stellar mass worth of anti-matter being annihilated might do it. Of course, due to the inverse squares law, the wave weakens as it spreads out from the epicentre. Bear that in mind.
– Arkenstein
42 mins ago




Well, one could work out how much energy is released by an event that has created a gravitational wave, then calculate how much bigger the event would need to be to generate a wave that is big enough to be felt. At a guess, I would think something like a stellar mass worth of anti-matter being annihilated might do it. Of course, due to the inverse squares law, the wave weakens as it spreads out from the epicentre. Bear that in mind.
– Arkenstein
42 mins ago












I read this and it gave me goosebumps! can you please elaborate a little more on what a stellar mass worth of anti-mater being annihilated would do to the surrounding universe? On what level does the destruction stop at the epicenter?
– nuckingfutz
36 mins ago




I read this and it gave me goosebumps! can you please elaborate a little more on what a stellar mass worth of anti-mater being annihilated would do to the surrounding universe? On what level does the destruction stop at the epicenter?
– nuckingfutz
36 mins ago










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I wish I could give a very elaborate answer here, but the question is just two simple. Respectively:



  • A galactic collision, that is, two galaxies passing through each other. This kind of event lapses for millions to billions of years. The galaxies may or may not merge. Since space is so empty it is unlikely for stars to actually collide. They are mostly flung to new, interesting orbits, or out of the galaxies altogether.


  • Big bang and, depending on the models you ascribe to, big crunch (big bang in reverse), collision with another universe, or brane collision. None of these support holywoodian apocalypses, though, because science ruins the rule of cool.






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  • Ok so I guess out of those options which is the most scientifically probable to happen?
    – nuckingfutz
    58 mins ago










  • @nuckingfutz galaxy collisions happen all the time. We will collide with Andromeda in a few dozen billion years. Some minor galaxies are being torn to shreds by the Milky Way as we speak. And I am quite sure the big bang has already happened [citation needed].
    – Renan
    54 mins ago










  • This helps a lot! Thank you!
    – nuckingfutz
    50 mins ago










  • I don't think one or two galaxies will make a difference to the universe, there are just too many for a few to matter.
    – John Locke
    47 mins ago







  • 1




    Required xkcd: what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/151/bignumbers.png
    – John Locke
    36 mins ago














up vote
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I wish I could give a very elaborate answer here, but the question is just two simple. Respectively:



  • A galactic collision, that is, two galaxies passing through each other. This kind of event lapses for millions to billions of years. The galaxies may or may not merge. Since space is so empty it is unlikely for stars to actually collide. They are mostly flung to new, interesting orbits, or out of the galaxies altogether.


  • Big bang and, depending on the models you ascribe to, big crunch (big bang in reverse), collision with another universe, or brane collision. None of these support holywoodian apocalypses, though, because science ruins the rule of cool.






share|improve this answer




















  • Ok so I guess out of those options which is the most scientifically probable to happen?
    – nuckingfutz
    58 mins ago










  • @nuckingfutz galaxy collisions happen all the time. We will collide with Andromeda in a few dozen billion years. Some minor galaxies are being torn to shreds by the Milky Way as we speak. And I am quite sure the big bang has already happened [citation needed].
    – Renan
    54 mins ago










  • This helps a lot! Thank you!
    – nuckingfutz
    50 mins ago










  • I don't think one or two galaxies will make a difference to the universe, there are just too many for a few to matter.
    – John Locke
    47 mins ago







  • 1




    Required xkcd: what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/151/bignumbers.png
    – John Locke
    36 mins ago












up vote
0
down vote










up vote
0
down vote









I wish I could give a very elaborate answer here, but the question is just two simple. Respectively:



  • A galactic collision, that is, two galaxies passing through each other. This kind of event lapses for millions to billions of years. The galaxies may or may not merge. Since space is so empty it is unlikely for stars to actually collide. They are mostly flung to new, interesting orbits, or out of the galaxies altogether.


  • Big bang and, depending on the models you ascribe to, big crunch (big bang in reverse), collision with another universe, or brane collision. None of these support holywoodian apocalypses, though, because science ruins the rule of cool.






share|improve this answer












I wish I could give a very elaborate answer here, but the question is just two simple. Respectively:



  • A galactic collision, that is, two galaxies passing through each other. This kind of event lapses for millions to billions of years. The galaxies may or may not merge. Since space is so empty it is unlikely for stars to actually collide. They are mostly flung to new, interesting orbits, or out of the galaxies altogether.


  • Big bang and, depending on the models you ascribe to, big crunch (big bang in reverse), collision with another universe, or brane collision. None of these support holywoodian apocalypses, though, because science ruins the rule of cool.







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  • Ok so I guess out of those options which is the most scientifically probable to happen?
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  • @nuckingfutz galaxy collisions happen all the time. We will collide with Andromeda in a few dozen billion years. Some minor galaxies are being torn to shreds by the Milky Way as we speak. And I am quite sure the big bang has already happened [citation needed].
    – Renan
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  • This helps a lot! Thank you!
    – nuckingfutz
    50 mins ago










  • I don't think one or two galaxies will make a difference to the universe, there are just too many for a few to matter.
    – John Locke
    47 mins ago







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    Required xkcd: what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/151/bignumbers.png
    – John Locke
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  • Ok so I guess out of those options which is the most scientifically probable to happen?
    – nuckingfutz
    58 mins ago










  • @nuckingfutz galaxy collisions happen all the time. We will collide with Andromeda in a few dozen billion years. Some minor galaxies are being torn to shreds by the Milky Way as we speak. And I am quite sure the big bang has already happened [citation needed].
    – Renan
    54 mins ago










  • This helps a lot! Thank you!
    – nuckingfutz
    50 mins ago










  • I don't think one or two galaxies will make a difference to the universe, there are just too many for a few to matter.
    – John Locke
    47 mins ago







  • 1




    Required xkcd: what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/151/bignumbers.png
    – John Locke
    36 mins ago















Ok so I guess out of those options which is the most scientifically probable to happen?
– nuckingfutz
58 mins ago




Ok so I guess out of those options which is the most scientifically probable to happen?
– nuckingfutz
58 mins ago












@nuckingfutz galaxy collisions happen all the time. We will collide with Andromeda in a few dozen billion years. Some minor galaxies are being torn to shreds by the Milky Way as we speak. And I am quite sure the big bang has already happened [citation needed].
– Renan
54 mins ago




@nuckingfutz galaxy collisions happen all the time. We will collide with Andromeda in a few dozen billion years. Some minor galaxies are being torn to shreds by the Milky Way as we speak. And I am quite sure the big bang has already happened [citation needed].
– Renan
54 mins ago












This helps a lot! Thank you!
– nuckingfutz
50 mins ago




This helps a lot! Thank you!
– nuckingfutz
50 mins ago












I don't think one or two galaxies will make a difference to the universe, there are just too many for a few to matter.
– John Locke
47 mins ago





I don't think one or two galaxies will make a difference to the universe, there are just too many for a few to matter.
– John Locke
47 mins ago





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Required xkcd: what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/151/bignumbers.png
– John Locke
36 mins ago




Required xkcd: what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/151/bignumbers.png
– John Locke
36 mins ago










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