Via Space.com, galactic cannibalism or dark matter may be to blame for galaxies in Andromeda lining up on a single plane:
Strange Setup: Andromeda's Satellite Galaxies All Lined Up
An unusually high number of galaxies are aligned along a single plane running through the center of the giant Andromeda galaxy. Scientists don’t have a theory to explain why.
Galactic cannibalism or dark matter may be responsible, researchers say.
The Andromeda galaxy is located at a distance of 2.5 million light-years away and is the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. Like our own galaxy, Andromeda is surrounded by numerous dwarf galaxy satellites. Many of these satellites are within 1.3 million light-years or less of the galaxy’s main disk.
Galactic cannibalism!! I feel a movie plot coming on.
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Not even galactic cannibalism will save you from having to respond to this meme.
Oh, NO!!! I've been tagged.
Quantum gravity and Higgs' Bosons are a bitch, can't measure 'em, can't detect em....
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