The Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy is 10000 times smaller in mass than the Milky Way, so it is getting stretched out, torn apart and gobbled up by the bigger Milky Way.
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The Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy and the Milky Way.
September 4th, 2010 
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Space is EXTREMELY diffuse. The distances between stars are HUGE. There is practically no chance of any stars from either galaxy colliding with each other.
Hi, I’m just curious.. Why haven’t we been destroyed?
I’m not sure which galaxy we are from, and I had no idea that the milkyway is actually in the process of merging with another galaxy, until I watched this video. It just amazes me that we are still even here. I had the whole mindset that when our galaxy colides with another, we would be destoryed. How long has this been going on, and where can I read about it? Thanks
@ArataMusic1 Actually, Sol is part of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy.
That’s why our solar system is perpendicular to the Milky Way.
Since we are in the middle of the stream right now, is it possible that some stars in our sky are from saggitarius?
Cool – I knew this was the case (seen pictures before) but I couldn’t convince an astronomy-interested friend about this fact.. I had forgotten the name of the dwarf galaxy
Thanks for uploading this animation.