Researchers have long thought that the Milky Way would collide with the Andromeda galaxy in four to five billion years. This scientific illustration depicts Earth's horizon four billion years in the ...

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

"As it stands, proclamations of the impending demise of our Galaxy seem greatly exaggerated." That's the conclusion scientists have reached after revisiting the possibility of what we thought was a ...

Astronomers have long thought the Milky Way was destined to merge with the nearby Andromeda galaxy. The aftermath of this predicted clash has been dubbed “Milkomeda,” and researchers predicted it ...

The Andromeda galaxy, left, is about to collide with part of the Milky Way, as seen from Earth, in a hypothetical merger scenario. Credit: NASA illustration "Based on the best available data, the fate ...

(CN) — For years, astronomers have believed the Milky Way was on a collision course with our largest galactic neighbor Andromeda — a cosmic event expected to unfold in about 5 billion years. However, ...

Despite the previous belief that our galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda would eventually merge in about 5 billion years, forming what they call Lactomed, a new analysis has reached a different ...

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For years, astronomers have believed that the fate of the Milky Way was tied to our largest neighboring galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy. However, a new study now says that this future Milky Way merger ...