NOTE HOW THE OUTER ARMS OF BOTH GALAXIES APPEAR WARPED, WITH LONG STREAMS OF STARS BEING PULLED TOWARDS THE OTHER GALAXY. IMAGINE LIVING ON A PLANET ORBITING ONE OF THOSE STARS AS IT FINDS ITSELF OVER TIME FARTHER AND FARTHER FROM ITS HOME GALAXY, OUT IN THE VAST EMPTINESS OF INTERGALACTIC SPACE. WHILE THIS SOUNDS LONELY, IT HAS ADVANTAGES FOR LIFE, BECAUSE ISOLATED FROM THE GALAXY THE STAR WILL NOT BE THREATENED BY SUPERNOVAE, GAMMA RAY BURSTS, AND THE HOST OF OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPEN INSIDE GALAXIES THAT CAN THREATEN BIOLOGY.
