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chopinlast Wednesday at 8:09 AM1 replyview on HN

The entire luminosity of Andromeda will be dispersed over a much wider angle. It'll be much less spectacular than one might think. It won't be brighter than what we see today.


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lisperlast Wednesday at 2:21 PM

Yeah, that was meant to be a joke. Even if we were to collide, it wouldn't happen for a few billion years. Our sun will be a red giant by then. Earth will no longer exist.