When Galaxies collide

[radio667]

from the register by way of the firing squad ..... An international team of astronomers has observed the perfect cosmic storm: the most powerful collision of two galactic clusters ever recorded.

The scientists who discovered the collision likened it to two high-pressure weather fronts colliding to create hurricane-like conditions. Only in this case, whole galaxies can be thrown from their paths. As the two clusters hit each other head on, the impact created an enormous shock wave of superheated gases and plasma that rolled out into space. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09...c_super_prang/

[Professor]

Originally Posted by radio667

the impact created an enormous shock wave of superheated gases and plasma that rolled out into space.

Hehee! Interesting but I've been told something like this one time after exiting the bathroom! ROTFLMAO! I was full of **** that day! Maybe still am dunno!.

Edit: It's funny that two whole galaxies would collide all at once! They are made of billions of stars each and I would think only individual stars would collide at a time and take like millions of years to be any kind of noticable impact explosion.

[radio667]

LOl !!!!