Tag Archives: Space Telescope Science Institute

End of big bug era

By Stephen Ornes / June 21, 2012
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Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago

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Galactic mashup

By Stephen Ornes / June 18, 2012
A show of swirling lights will fill the night sky as the Andromeda galaxy collides with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. Since you won’t be there to see it, here’s an artist’s illustration of what the mashup might look like. Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), and A. Mellinger

Save the date: The Milky Way will merge with its nearest large neighbor in about 4 billion years

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