Researchers led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist, who looked deeply into space at a period known as ...

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

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the ...

Astronomers have believed for decades that the Milky Way is on a collision course with our nearest big neighbor, Andromeda.

The Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are currently hurtling through space toward each other at a speed of about ...

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. A merger with the Large Magellanic Cloud is far more ...

"The fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising." ...

A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has identified four previously unknown primordial open cluster (OC) groups in ...