Images from a computer simulation of The Mice, a pair of interacting galaxies. The time interval between frames is roughly 100 Million years.
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300 Million years ago. Two pinwheel galaxies fall together. |
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200 Million years ago. Draw closer... |
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100 Million years ago. Immediate aftermath of first collision. |
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Present time. At this point, the computer model matches the observations. |
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100 Million years from now. |
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200 Million years from now. |
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300 Million years from now. |
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400 Million years from now. The two galaxies merge. |
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500 Million years from now. |
Last modified: April 29, 2002
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