More than a decade ago, scientists predicted our Milky Way galaxy and neighboring Andromeda would collide in four billion years, resulting in a “makeover” of our solar system. Now, that is unlikely — ...

Researchers have long thought that the Milky Way would collide with the Andromeda galaxy in four to five billion years. This scientific illustration depicts Earth's horizon four billion years in the ...

We might be on track to hit a supermassive black hole a lot sooner than anyone expected. Tucked away inside the Large Magellanic Cloud—that dwarf galaxy ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two ...

Deep in the frozen heart of Antarctica, the South Pole Telescope has been watching one of the most extreme neighborhoods in our galaxy, and it's just caught something extraordinary happening there.

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...

Astronomers had predicted over a century ago the fate of the Milky Way Galaxy. It is on a collision course with its next-door Andromeda Galaxy. Further research indicated that the collision was ...

A faint, irradiated streak carved into nearby interstellar clouds is giving astronomers their clearest evidence yet that two massive stars once brushed past our cosmic neighborhood and almost slammed ...

California stargazers will soon be able to witness a dazzling celestial sight composed of billions of stars. In late May, the Milky Way Galaxy will appear as a vibrant band arching across the night ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. While the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two ...