As the galaxies advance over the next tens of millions of years, their component stars are unlikely to collide, although new stars will form in the bunching of gas caused by gravitational tides.

• 这两个星系在接下来的数千万年内，虽然因潮汐力作用而聚集的气体会促进新的恒星生成，但它们的成员星却不会互撞。