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Published online 15 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070514-3
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Will the Sun be stolen by another galaxy?
Andromeda will collide with the Milky Way sooner than thought, and may steal the Sun.
Our Milky Way galaxy is headed for a sedate collision with its neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy, billions of years earlier than was previously thought. The earlier date means that the Sun will still be alive when the two collide; and a new computer simulation shows what could happen to our star.
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