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Old_comfy_shoes t1_ixsh155 wrote

Reply to comment by momentum77 in Hubble Telescope Observes Surreal Galactic Collision | The merging galaxies, heavily distorted by gravity, have formed an unusual celestial ring. by chrisdh79

There are billions different answers to that question, most of which would be that they wouldn't really notice.

They'd just have the sky they have, and think it's totally regular.

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DanteRex t1_ixucm5x wrote

Depends. If they have the technology to see into space they would notice two supermassive black holes in their galaxy, while many other galaxies have one in their centers. They would then conclude their galaxy is merging, like we will one day with the Andromeda.

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Old_comfy_shoes t1_ixupv6r wrote

Ya, once they get the knowledge, they'd realize what's happening, but it wouldn't affect them in any way other than knowing the fact.

Which would be a pretty freaky fact to know lol.

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