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Old 08-March-2007, 09:44 PM
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Will the sun ever, EVER, reach a point closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, or will it have "died" by then? In other words, is the sun's orbit elliptical, like a comet's (a bit exagerated), or is it more of a circle
In a few billion years, it's expected that the Andromeda galaxy will collide with ours, causing some heavy disruption. That could send the solar system closer to the black hole, or further away. Here's a small article on the collision:

http://haydenplanetarium.org/resourc...=G0601andmilwy
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