The Milky Way, the galaxy in which we live, gets its name from its milky-looking texture - which inspired a Greek myth that a ...

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

Researchers led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist, who looked deeply into space at a period known as ...

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

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

The Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are currently hurtling through space toward each other at a speed of about ...

The long-proposed Milky Way and Andromeda galactic merger might not be as certain as astronomers previously believed.

A new European study out Monday throws into question conventional wisdom that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are on a ...

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

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