The Milky Way has Trapped the Large Magellanic Cloud With its Gravity.

[paulsutton]

This is from Universetoday.com.  So where is the LMC in relation to the Milky Way and Andromeda,  I am guessing somewhere between the two or even closer.  So this will collide with us first then the andromda galaxy, which is predicted in a few billion years,   I think by that time the earth may be gone due to our sun expanding,  however if the LMC gets here first and life still exists here,  could there be implications for life on earth.?

 

It does seem that if Andromeda is going to collide then our own galaxy is having some sort of influence already.

Tue 2 Feb 2021

https://www.stsci.edu/contents/events/pls/2021/the-milky-way-vs-andromeda-when-galaxies-collide?timeframe=past&keyword=collide

LMC article on universe today

https://www.universetoday.com/161045/the-milky-way-has-trapped-the-large-magellanic-cloud-with-its-gravity-what-comes-next/

[Genady]

13 minutes ago, paulsutton said:

if the LMC gets here first and life still exists here,  could there be implications for life on earth.?

Yes, the night skies will be starrier.

[TheVat]

Galaxies are mostly empty space.

https://lovethenightsky.com/are-galaxies-mostly-empty-space/#:~:text=However%2C what we didn't,well over 99.99% empty space.