Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star ...

Milky Way Collision with Andromeda No Longer a Sure Thing, New Research Surprises Scientists For a long time, astronomers believed the Milky Way and its nearby galactic sibling, Andromeda, were set on ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported June 2 that the probability of the two spiral g ...

Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally ...

Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally thought.

Even if the Milky Way and Andromeda don’t collide in the next 10 billion years, though, that won’t be the end of the story.

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

A new study published in Nature Astronomy by researchers from Durham University calls into question the long-held notion that ...

New research challenges the idea the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide, reshaping our understanding of galactic ...

Over its lifetime, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured many stunning images. Among the most memorable is this edge-on mosaic of the Sombrero galaxy. With its relatively high brightness ...