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The supermassive black holes at the centers of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are doomed to engulf each other in an ill-fated cosmological dance. Astronomers have long known that Andromeda is on ...

(CNN) -- Astronomers predict that in about four billion years, the Andromeda galaxy will collide with our own galaxy, the Milky Way. The Andromeda galaxy is our largest and closest neighbor in the ...

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For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor. This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has become ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Galactic halos are both more massive and more complicated than scientists realized, according to ...

That's how long it's been since Mass Effect: Andromeda launched, and that's how long it took BioWare Montreal to admit that nothing more can be done with the ailing game's story mode. Technically, it ...

The cannibal next door has an even mightier appetite than we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Like most big galaxies, the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its history. The Hubble survey, assembled from over 1,000 orbits and spanning a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In roughly 4 billion years, our home Milky Way galaxy may collide ...