What if you lived through Milkdromeda?
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Something extremely big is about to happen to our galaxy. The Milky Way, and our next-door neighbour Andromeda, are heading directly for each other like two galaxy-sized freight trains on the same track. That’s right, we’re about to plow head long into an entire galaxy. It’s going to be an epic universal mash up. And, it’s right around the corner from the perspective of galactic time spans.
00:00 What Happens When Our Galaxy Collides with Andromeda?
03:42 Why Galaxies Don’t Necessarily Collide
07:54 Signs of an Approaching Star System
09:57 Disruption of the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt
11:32 Impact on Solar System Stability and Earth’s Orbit
14:14 Consequences of a Close Planetary Flyby
18:55 Worst-Case Scenario: Direct Planetary Collision
22:01 Alternative Dangers: Passing Stars or Black Holes
23:04 Survival and the Formation of ‘Milkdromeda’
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@whatifscienceshow
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
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@zer07even-htg
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
I guess I need a blanket and a torch
@mgee6301
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Earth won't exist when this happens. The sun will be a red giant
@mesothelimoa341
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Our star might have already begun its red giant phase by then.
@AmandeepSinghP1
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
androway is better name.
@KevinP32270
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
GRAVITY IS GOD in my autistic brain 🧠 😮😂❤❤
@Madilack02
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
What if we open portals to another dimensions
@Ender7j
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
I didn’t mow that Andromeda is more than 3x bigger than the Milky Way.
@vSpecxfic
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Is this a jojo reference?
@drinkupmeheartysyoho
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Could have come up with a better name! Thats just awful!
@edv9483
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Who really gives a 💩what happens in space 4 billion years from now. At the rate humanity is going we'll be lucky if we last another 100.
@SanjiEastBlue
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
My prediction: when Andromeda and the Milky Way collide, it will destroy Uranus
@lilCHIQUIS1
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Can you do a what if our leaders of the world could get along how earth would be now?
@AdamtheUnderdog
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
4.5 billion years is when the Andromeda and the Milky Way will collide with each other
@paulking6572
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
So, you're saying that it won't be a good day? 😂😅 We'll have to hope that the extra testicles will save us!😂😅
@KitsuyuutsuR
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
What if… we had astronomers that were a bit more creative and could come up with a better name than “Milkdromeda”…? 🙄😒
What if… a large planet came near to/collided with earth? Would it be much like the movie Melancholia? 🤔
So many questions that hurt my brain… 😂
@david_otx
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Thank God this is due in the next 4billion years.. I probably won't be around then.😂
@bruisecruz
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
My only hope is that by the time this collision happens in 4-5 billion years, humanity (or whatever species might still exist by then) will have come up with a better name for the new elliptical galaxy than "Milkdromeda."
@AnomalyLab-ats
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Got a new video
@zalltrax777
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Nobody is surving this in comment section (me too) as matter of fact I believe Earth would cease to exist at this point
@Lila-2u
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Plot twist the galaxies don’t collide because god doesn’t allow it to show humanity no one can predict the future only him
@AramNimri
May 9, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Should you do what if triangulum collides with milkomeda
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