NASA's Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-on Collision with Andromeda Galaxy

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• Science Papers
  • Paper I (Sohn et al., 753, 7, 2012)
  • Paper II (van der Marel et al., ApJ, 753, 8, 2012)
  • Paper III (van der Marel et al., ApJ, 753, 9, 2012)
    • canonical N-body model: Fig5.mp4
    • first-M33 N-body model: Fig13a.mp4
    • retrograde N-body model: Fig14.mp4
    • direct-hit N-body model: Fig16c.mp4
      (or see this more sophisticated visualization; even nicer with sound)

• NASA Press Conference (youtube video; 05/31/2012; 51 min.)
  • Announcement

• NASA Press Release
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• STScI Press Release
  • Images/Illustrations
  • Videos

• ESA Hubblecast video

• NOVA (Dutch Research School for Astronomy) Press Release

• University of California at Santa Cruz Press Release

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