New map of Milky Way in atomic hydrogen reveals its clumped 'flocculent' nature for first time by Russ Nelson, University of Alabama in Huntsville edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan ...

Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50 by Marcia Dunn ...

Milky Way galaxy might not collide with Andromeda after all Astronomers ran 100,000 computer simulations using combined Hubble/Gaia space telescope data.

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

New data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has created uncertainty in the theory that the Milky Way and Andromeda will collide and merge.

The odds of a galactic collision in our distant future are much lower than we thought, according to new simulations.

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies colliding is less than previously thought.

For this new study, the scientists relied on updated galaxy measurements to factor in the gravitational pull on the Milky Way's movement through the universe.

A collision between the Milky Way and neighboring galaxy Andromeda is far from a sure thing; in fact, it could hinge on the flip of a cosmic coin.

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. A merger with the Large Magellanic Cloud is far more likely.

Three simulations showing Milky Way and Andromeda bypass at 1 million light year separation. At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter.

For over a decade, researchers have suggested a high possibility of our Milky Way galaxy smashing into neighboring galaxy Andromeda around 5 billion years from now. The collision would merge the ...