Astronomers have long thought the Milky Way was destined to merge with the nearby Andromeda galaxy. The aftermath of this ...

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." ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers ...

A recent paper reveals we're almost certainly going to collide with a galaxy in the next couple billion years, but it's not ...

The Milky Way may merge with the Large Magellanic Cloud in 2 billion years, not Andromeda, contrary to previous findings.

The team found only a 2 percent probability that the galaxies will collide in the next five billion years. In slightly over ...

The long-proposed Milky Way and Andromeda galactic merger might not be as certain as astronomers previously believed.

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

Astronomers say that a collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda may not be a forgone conclusion and “we could avoid this ...

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

Towards the end of the month, Mercury will be visible in the western horizon, the space agency said. Californians can observe ...