Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The Universe, now about 13.8 billion years old, will come to ...

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Andromeda and the Milky Way merge. NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger Share Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d ...