May 27, 2024
#2938: Local Group explain

[Two galaxies, positioned on the bottom left and top right sides of the panel, are each eating a single noodle of spaghetti, originating from a bowl of spaghetti in between them.]
[Bottom left galaxy:] Sluuurp
[Top right galaxy:] Sluuurp
[Caption below the panel:]
Astronomers have determined that the Milky Way and Andromeda are currently slurping up the same strand of cosmic spaghetti, suggesting that in 5 billion years they will likely kiss.