Milky Way galaxy Clouds threatened by a giant, giant cumulus containing hydrogen gas in a very large volume melesat approaching middle plate Milky Way galaxy, solar system where we take shelter.

Terrible collision occurred between an estimated 20-40 million years would result in a giant fireworks spectacular at the same time destroy all forms of kehidupan.Objek is given the name of Smith's Cloud, a name taken from GailSmith, a astronom U.S. mendeteksinya the first time in 1963 when researching at the University of Leiden, Netherlands.

Since found, the astronom still debate whether the cloud is really approaching the Milky Way galaxy or menjauhinya. Recording data during the time that there is still limited and not clear whether the object is part of the Milky Way or the fog is still moving toward.

So far, researchers only detect the gas and no stars in it. The only way is melihtanya with radio telescopes because of the cold gas does not emit light, but reflect radio waves.
If viewed from Earth, width cumulus is comparable to the Moon 30 times the width.

From the head to the tip of the ekornya enough to wrap star constellation Orion. Results observed using the new radio telescope, at most restrained in the world, Green Bank telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, USA, indicates that the object moving toward the Milky Way galaxy.

Even as the teams combined astronom reported from the observatory U.S. National Radio Astronomy (NRAO) and the University of Whitewater Winconsin Astronomy Society meeting in the United States to-211 in Austin, Texas recently, the style has been touched dorongnya Galaxy fog.

"If the collision happens, it will trigger the formation of the birth of new stars. Akan banyak bintang raksasa yang terbentuk, berumur pendek, dan meledak sebagai supernova yang memancarkan cahaya menyilaukan,” ujar Ketua tim peneliti, DR. Felix Lockman, from the NRAO.

Because, Cloud Smith brings great energy in form of hydrogen gas enough to form millions of stars seukuran Sun. Smith cloud is a cloud of gas the size of long reach 11,000 light years wide and 2500 light years.

The object at this time is 40,000 light years from Earth and 8000 light years from the disc that deserves Bimasakti.Objek called fog monster in this space cosmos moving at speeds of 240 kilometers and is estimated to hit perdetik galaxy Milky Way disk with the slope of 45 degrees.

Collision will occur along the plate distance to the Milky Way center is almost the same as the distance of our solar system to the central galaxy. However, its position far from our solar system, is estimated at 90 degrees to the center plate.

"We do not know where their origin, especially orbitnya confusing, but we say that he began interacting with the Milky Way terluar," Lockman.bertabrakan demolished.