The degree to which people should be concerned about something as significant as extinction is up for debate.

Others contend that the issues of today are more significant than the subject at hand, despite the fact that controversial tech millionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have financed groups devoted to researching the dangers of disruptive technology.

On the other side, we are all enthralled by space and galaxies and are frequently lured to fictitious films that center on the topic.

But one of the imagined realities of galaxies merging is actually occurring right now. Our Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, is heading directly in our direction.