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

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 fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising." ...

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

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

A new study challenges predictions our home galaxy the Milky Way will crash into the Andromeda galaxy in 5 billion years.

A recent paper reveals we're almost certainly going to collide with a galaxy in the next couple billion years, but it's not ...

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 ...

Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda. But a new ...

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

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