Learn about the new research that changes the estimates of the Milky Way’s demise.

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...

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

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

A merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies would destroy them both, eventually turning both spiral structures into one elongated galaxy, the study authors said. Collisions between other ...

"As it stands, proclamations of the impending demise of our Galaxy seem greatly exaggerated." That's the conclusion ...

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye and set to merge with our galaxy in the distant future The Nearest Large Spiral Galaxy ...

There is only a 50 percent chance of this happening even in the next 10 billion years, according to study by UK and ...

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