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I don’t understand how a small galaxy could “collide” with a larger one
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Date: August 2nd, 2024 11:57 PM Author: boyish scourge upon the earth I get that it’s all mostly just space so the one could just go through the other, but if gravity is supposed to have an effect on objects wouldn’t a galactic collision throw things out of orbit? Or is it not gravity that holds galaxies together? If not gravity, what is the constituent structure of a galaxy? Why do they form and what is the central organizing principle? And, is gravity even real? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923336) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 10:48 AM Author: fishy dead gas station old irish cottage Gravity pulls mass together. If things collide, it does change their path.
What is so hard about this? Why are you confused? |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 4:42 PM Author: boyish scourge upon the earth Almost all of the solar system is empty vacuum. Presumably it’s more so outside the Oort Cloud. Galaxy is by and large empty space, but something somehow holds it together. Another galaxy “collides” but no massive body actually collides with another mass, and yet, post collision, the galaxy retains its same shape? Makes no sense. Another thing that makes no sense is that if the universe is flat and infinite, how can we see so far into the stars? Wouldn’t a flat universe imply that we wouldn’t be able to see so far out into space. But we can. How is that possible? Also, there have been numerous comets or whatever observed to have widely elliptical orbits that are not on the same orbital plane as the planets. How is that possible if the universe itself is flat? I am so confused right now. |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 4:45 PM Author: Blue High-end Yarmulke Not the same shape. Watch Pink Floyd video there’s a cool model of what happens (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47925066) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:41 PM Author: Hairraiser dark lay masturbator it's not flat - that's one theory we can probably dismiss (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47925226) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:50 PM Author: boyish scourge upon the earth Explain the flatness problem then? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47925255) |
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Date: August 4th, 2024 12:40 PM Author: fishy dead gas station old irish cottage "Almost all of the solar system is empty vacuum."
So? There is basically nothing between the Earth and the moon and yet they track each other. Its due to their size and distance. The Sun has a HUGE gravitational pull.
"Another galaxy “collides” but no massive body actually collides with another mass, and yet, post collision, the galaxy retains its same shape?"
You make no sense there. Some mass will surely collide. Some wont and instead it will just change where it rotates.
Wtf do you mean flat? Why wouldn't we be able to see deep into the stars? You give no reasoning otherwise. |
Date: August 2nd, 2024 11:57 PM Author: Adventurous soggy lodge boltzmann woah mr sagan this is a law forum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923338) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 12:10 AM Author: Hairraiser dark lay masturbator a direct collision with earth is thought to be very unlikely, but yes the gravity of an enormous passing entity could pull earth and the sun apart (probably not closer) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923358) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:13 AM Author: boyish scourge upon the earth As far as I know, it’s mostly empty space, so imagine taking like 1,000 dimes and spreading them out of the entire state of New Jersey randomly. Then take another 1,000 dimes and randomly distribute those. The chances of one dime landing on top of or even close to another dime is very small. I get that part. What I don’t get is what holds galaxies together? Why do they exist? If it’s just empty space and it can go through another galaxy and maintain its structure how is that possible? |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:22 AM Author: Spectacular Clown A black hole at the center of each galaxy and dark matter around the edges is what holds galaxies together my friend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923892) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 4:31 PM Author: Hairraiser dark lay masturbator that could also be the structure of the universe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47924994) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:30 AM Author: Narrow-minded address No one (no human) knows - but if you are getting into this, and it sounds like you might be on the wagon and enjoying cannabis lately, you might like the following which posits a few theories: https://youtu.be/mty0srmLhTk?t=344 |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 12:15 AM Author: Titillating canary indian lodge striped hyena so why can't they collide? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923376) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 12:15 AM Author: trip ruby keepsake machete point NOW THIS IS WHAT IT’S LIKE WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923378) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 12:18 AM Author: Light shrine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923384) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 4:43 PM Author: Laughsome Stage Trust Fund (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47925058) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:34 PM Author: Translucent mood immigrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47925197) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 12:16 AM Author: lavender stag film pistol Newer model galaxies have automatic braking and will try to come to a stop to prevent a collision, but it could still happen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923380) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:14 AM Author: boyish scourge upon the earth Can you explain this further? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923880) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:24 AM Author: lavender stag film pistol Works based off a combination of camera/LIDAR/RADAR. If the galaxy detects a collision is imminent, it applies the brakes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923895) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 12:20 AM Author: Charismatic meetinghouse fortuitous meteor Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So basically that's wrong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923394) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:37 AM Author: floppy cruise ship a galactic collision is typically a series of collisions actually. the galaxies pass through each other several times, each time swinging together closer and closer until they coalesce into one merged galaxy. the typical outcome is an elliptical galaxy, disrupting the shapes of the two original galaxies. very few if any stars or planets would collide due to the enormous distances between stars. at most you'd see some disruptions of orbits, ejections of stars or planets, etc., but that wouldn't be common.
the total sum of gravity from visible matter in the galaxies and the typically spherical dark matter halos surrounding the galaxies is what attracts them together to the point of collision. what causes distant objects to attract each other without being in contact? LMAO no one knows, some physicists pretend to know, philosophers occasionally realize no one knows. |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:37 AM Author: carmine odious gaping home Its our only escape at this point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923918) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:40 AM Author: talented personal credit line place of business it's 100% fake. Lol @ believing any of this space shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923919) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 9:58 AM Author: boyish scourge upon the earth It definitely is a rabbit hole . . . (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569049&forum_id=2Reputation#47923951) |