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

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." ...

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

Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda. But a new ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies colliding is less than previously ...

The Milky Way-Andromeda collision has been predicted by scientists for years, occurring in an estimated timeframe of about ...

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large ...

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

But a new study complicates the story. Researchers have long thought that the Milky Way would collide with the Andromeda galaxy in four to five billion years. This scientific illustration depicts ...