As a galactic archaeologist, my job is to reconstruct the past of our galaxy – and read the signs of its future.

The Milky Way and Andromeda have appeared locked on a destructive course for decades. Now, thousands of simulations suggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows a possible view from Earth of the early stages of a predicted merger billions of years from now between ...

For decades, scientists have suspected that a violent collision with a smaller galaxy played an important role in shaping the Milky Way as we observe it today. This suspicion was confirmed in 2018, ...

While the Milky Way galaxy might look calm and stable today, scientists say a grand display of cosmic gymnastics once turned ...

However, the Milky Way did not form in isolation. For decades, scientists have suspected that a violent collision with a smaller galaxy played an important role in shaping the Milky Way as we observe ...