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

Astronomers have long predicted that a collision between our galaxy and nearby Andromeda could be inevitable, but new ...

A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, long considered inevitable, may be in question ...

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

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

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

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

the team found there is about a 50% chance of a collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda in the next 10 billion years. There is only about a 2% chance the galaxies will collide in 4 to 5 ...

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

The NSF NOIRLab-operated Gemini North telescope captured stunning imagery of galaxies UGC 12914 and UGC 12915, aka 'Taffy ...

“A head-on collision is very unlikely, we found a less than 2 percent chance for that,” Sawala said. “In most of the cases that lead to a merger, the two galaxies will indeed fly past each ...