Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally thought.

New research challenges the idea the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide, reshaping our understanding of galactic ...

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

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

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

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

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. A merger with the Large Magellanic Cloud is far more ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

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Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may not collide, with 50-50 odds in 10 billion years, according to astronomers.

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

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