This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... [+] neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years.

The Milky Way has a 50-50 chance of colliding with a nearby galaxy in the next 10 billion years, a new study finds. Yet while those odds appear daunting, the new finding suggests the catastrophic ...

Clearly, the Andromeda Nebula was a system of stars quite separate from the Milky Way, and in many ways comparable to it. From this simple observation, soon repeated for other starry nebulae ...

Also called M31—and our closest giant neighboring galaxy at just 2.5 million light years away—Andromeda is home to at least a trillion stars. Like the Milky Way, it’s a spiral galaxy ...

Our home galaxy — the Milky Way will collide with its neighbour — the Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years, eventually becoming Milkomeda. Galaxy collisions are relatively common, considering ...

The galaxy where we live is called the Milky Way. As per the recent study that involves studying the past of the neighboring large galaxy Andromeda, our Milky Way is on its collision course with ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Situated approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, belonging to the Local Group cluster. It is a barred spiral galaxy ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way—the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear ...