A collision between the Milky Way and neighboring galaxy Andromeda is far from a sure thing; ... now we really want to find out whether the Milky Way and Andromeda will collide or not," Sawala said.

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

But the only way to get to a new prediction about the eventual fate of the Milky Way will be with even better data.” DOI: Nature Astronomy, 2025. 10.1038/s41550-025-02563-1 ( About DOIs ).

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

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

The Andromeda galaxy lies just beyond (...OK, about 2.5 million light-years beyond) our galaxy, the Milky Way. For the past hundred years or so, scientists thought these galaxies existed in a long ...

— It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not ... 50-50 chance Milky Way could collide with another galaxy. MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer; Jun 9 ...

Scientists have long thought the Milky Way galaxy would someday collide with its closest neighbor, Andromeda. However, new research suggests the future of our cosmic home is more uncertain than ...

Researchers discover high-velocity clouds in the nearby spiral galaxy M83. These clouds are moving at speeds significantly ...

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

Astronomers have uncovered a colossal, searing-hot filament of gas linking four galaxy clusters in the Shapley Supercluster a ...

"Core season" for the Milky Way has arrived, with our galaxy visible all night as a band of light arching across the sky.