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January 28, 2008

IS THIS THE END OF OUR GALAXY?

What’s the truth about the siting of a giant cloud that is imminently crashing into our galaxy?

A gas cloud that is million times heavier than our Sun is hurtling straight to our Milky way. However, we should somehow not fear for it is set to trigger stellar fireworks after a collision 20 to 40 million years from now. Perhpas a lot of changes will be brought about and if God permits, our galaxy and our world will last even for billions of years more.

The cloud’s composition is mostly hydrogen gas. It is 11,000 light years long and 2500 light years wide. This is amazingly as large as a dwarf galaxy. This large cloud was discovered 44 years ago. Based on its motion, the cloud may hit a region about a quarter way around the galaxy from the sun, which is some light years away from the PErseus arm of our galaxy.

The gas cloud threatens big impacts to any inhabited solar systems. This will probably bring our Earth to its end. Armageddon, will be it.

Facts like these often bring us to a notion that the second coming is near. Whatever are our individual positions about this, we should be ready..

(img from: http://space.newscientist.com/channel/astronomy/dn13179-giant-gas-cloud-to-crash-into-our-galaxy.html)

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