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There's a 50/50 Chance the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy Will Merge
New research shows that there's a 50% chance that the Milky Way and its nearest major galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy ...
Will the Milky Way and Andromeda crash? Now scientists aren't so sure.
Astronomers have believed for decades that the Milky Way is on a collision course with our nearest big neighbor, Andromeda.
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When was the last supernova seen in the Milky Way?
The most recent nearby supernova, SN 1987A, was in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Milky Way’s youngest known supernova is ...
The Milky Way Might Not Smash Into the Andromeda Galaxy After All, New Simulation Indicates
A recent paper reveals we're almost certainly going to collide with a galaxy in the next couple billion years, but it's not ...
NASA Study Says Our Galaxy's Collision With Andromeda Has A 50/50 Chance
We've been told our Milky Way galaxy is hurtling towards an inevitable, head-on collision with its colossal neighbor, ...
Milky Way galaxy might not collide with Andromeda after all
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 may not collide with neighboring galaxy Andromeda after all: 'From near-certainty to a coin flip'
A collision between the Milky Way and neighboring galaxy Andromeda is far from a sure thing; in fact, it could hinge on the ...
Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may not collide after all
The team found only a 2 percent probability that the galaxies will collide in the next five billion years. In slightly over ...