Will the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide in several billion years? The odds have changed with a new study using ...

Most stars in the Milky Way move at steady speeds, orbiting the galactic center in regular paths. But astronomers have ...

But, following 100,000 simulations of both galaxies based on the latest observational data from NASA’s Hubble and the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescopes, the authors of the study ...

A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, long considered inevitable, may be in question, astronomers say.

This merger event occurred during a time when the universe was just beginning to form structures—a period when stars, galaxies, and black holes were still in formation. The close proximity of the ...

Previous research suggested that the upcoming collision between the two galaxies was inevitable, but a new study claims there’s a 50% chance the Milky Way could narrowly avoid Andromeda.

For decades, astronomers have said of our Milky Way galaxy is headed for an inevitable, head-on collision with its colossal neighbor, Andromeda, in approximately 4.5 billion years. This collision, ...

It was previously thought that collisions between galaxies would necessarily add to the activity of the massive black holes at their centers. However, researchers have performed the most accurate ...

More than a decade ago, scientists predicted our Milky Way galaxy and neighboring Andromeda would collide in four billion years, resulting in a “makeover” of our solar system. Now, that is unlikely — ...

(CNN) — A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years, has been anticipated by astronomers since 1912. But new ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years, has been anticipated by ...