Monday, March 23, 2009

Colliding or Exploding Galaxies

Out of the many places or things out in space, galaxies are by far the most interesting. How they came to be is one mind boggling question. There are many different theories on how they are formed and what keeps them spiraling. First of all, there are many different shapes and sizes. Some are more balled up and denser than others, and some have more layers coming out of the center. More importantly, some think black holes are in the center. Others think there are neutron stars traveling at very high speeds. Whatever it is at the center, the whole galaxy rotates around it. Galaxies are everywhere in the night sky. The galaxy closest to us is Andromeda, and it is actually creeping up on us. It is estimated in the very far off future (several million years or so) we might collide with Andromeda. Until then, anything can happen. Our own galaxy could blow up somehow, so one can never know what will happen in the future. It can be very unpredictable with millions of outcomes waiting to be picked. No one knows when something can happen to our galaxy. Why should anyone worry too much anyway? It is a scary thought, but there are more important things in life. As long as one lives their life to the fullest, they can truly find meaning and purpose. In the end, no one should worry about colliding or exploding galaxies. There are worse things that can happen in life, and, if one spends most of their life worrying about stuff like this then their life is wasted. Even if this traumatic thing happened, wouldn’t death be an adventure? Wouldn’t one like to see where they go when their body is rotting or toasted by burning hydrogen?

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