Andromeda

Ah Andromeda what a beauty, right? It is the common desktop default for most mac computers and laptops... although it is a different tint. That can be explained fairly easy, you see macs have a lighter photograph for their background because the photographer who took the photo used a slightly different radio frequency than this on. See the colour you see before you is an idea of what it looks like through radio imaging but in reality we have no idea what this sexy galaxy looks like. Now don't think the clouds or stars are off because they aren't and the shade ratio is perfect as well. Basically if you took a black and white photo you would have a more realistic version of what we know. Anyway lets move on the the fun stuff about Andromeda.

So do you remember the earlier post on our cosmic address? Well if you don't maybe go back and read it or you can continue, because you will probably catch on. So for Andromeda's cosmic address she is in The Universe, Virgo Super Cluster, and The Local Group. Since Andromeda is a galaxy we can not go any further with the address, but you know enough on its location to continue a discussion on her.

Andromeda being in the local group is an important factor here because the next interesting fact about her is she is on a collision course with the Milky Way Galaxy. Now don't freak out to much, they two galaxies will collide long after the Sun explodes and destroyed the Earth. That is billions of years away too. Now when these two galaxies collide they will change around the orbits of planets and stars, violently impact matter of all sizes and classifications, and it possibly bring in planets carrying new life forms with habitual planets. Unfortunately the collision on these galaxies and rearrange on their materials would only result in changing a cosmos address. This means a new kind of space would need to be charted.

Andromeda is a spiral galaxy and like all spiral galaxies she has a massive black hole at her center. If you look at the picture you can see the giant ball of light in the center; well thats light and matter slowly falling into the black hole or orbiting around it. This has always freaked me out because most galaxies in our virgo supercluster are spiral and thats billions of black holes. What makes it slightly worse is this is the habitable regain of space and it's surrounded by deathtraps that oddly enough keep life going with its gravity set up.

Well thats about all I know off the top of my head but I'm sure in time I and the rest of the beings in the universe will discover more on the topic.