• nomad@infosec.pub
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    8 days ago

    AFAIK even space will cool down and stop eventually. So not perpetual motion very low friction motion? I know that expansion also plays a role.

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      5 days ago

      If you think about it, when the universe cools down, maybe some rocks will fly forever without hitting anything.

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        4 days ago

        A cooled down universe does not move at all AFAIK. please Look up Brownian motion.

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            3 days ago

            Does a given mass ever get outside the influence of both galaxy’s gravity influences?

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                2 days ago

                AFAIK galaxies don’t collide, they merge. There is usually no collision due to the massive empty spaces inbetween stars.

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                  2 days ago

                  I know it’s not a “physical collision”. But the gravity “redesigns” both galaxies and some objects can be accelerated beyond the scape velocity of the galaxies combined.