It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...

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

For years, astronomers have observed the strange motion of Andromeda, the Milky Way’s closest large galactic neighbor. While most galaxies in the universe are receding due to the expansion of space, ...

Astronomers have long known that the Andromeda galaxy, aka Messier 31, a swirling city-state of a trillion stars — plus all the accouterments of gas, dust, dark matter and black holes — is rumbling ...

CNN — A new telescope image showcases two entangled galaxies that will eventually merge into one millions of years from now -- and previews the eventual, similar fate of our own Milky Way galaxy. The ...

We are living in a golden age of Milky Way research and exploration. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Milky Way is a barred ...

More than you probably wanted to know about globular clusters Globular clusters are large, densely packed collections of stars that appear around the edges of the Milky Way and other […] ...

Astronomers may have finally put a number on one of our galaxy’s slipperiest questions: where the Milky Way’s physical boundary really ends.