Our MilkyWaygalaxy is a cannibal. It has grown by consuming other galaxies. Yet, it too, may be destined to collide and merge with an even bigger galaxy: Andromeda. Though galaxy ...
The MilkyWay appears to have a vast ripple spreading out across at least a quarter of its disc. If confirmed, the structure might be a relic from a brush with another galaxy, but not all ...
And, if the timing is right, you might even see a hazy belt stretched across the sky—the starry, dusty core of our very own MilkyWaygalaxy. Right now is a peak time for United States-based ...
A new view of the MilkyWay: Warped and twisted Our galaxy, the MilkyWay, is "warped and twisted" and not flat as previously thought, new research shows. Analysis of the brightest stars in ...
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 MilkyWay, it’s a spiral galaxy ...
For nearly two decades, astronomers have been asserting that someday, our galaxy will collide with the galaxy Andromeda, and the two will merge. Recently, a group of scientists has challenged the ...
The Andromeda galaxy, moving towards the MilkyWay at 110 km/s, might collide with our galaxy in 10 billion years. New research using Gaia and Hubble data suggests that gravitational forces ...
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