NASA Chandra X-ray telescope data from galaxy cluster Abell 2146 showed a "shockwave that stretches for some 1.6 million ...

The Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are currently hurtling through space toward each other at a speed of about 250,000 miles per hour (400,000 kph), setting up a possible future ...

Astronomers believe the two galaxies may collide in next 10 billion years Theory based on data from Hubble Space Telescope and Gaia star-tracking mission 'In short, the probability went from near ...

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

Despite their enormous distance, the galaxy clusters are gravitationally bound and slowly turning back for another high-speed impact.

Earlier, scientists believed the collision may destroy both galaxies, merging them into an elongated one. The reason was that the two galaxies were moving toward each other at 2,24,000 miles per hour.

Top right: At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter. Bottom: A 100,000 light-year separation leads to a collision. NASA/ESA photo ...

Andromeda may not collide with our galaxy, a new study suggests The Andromeda galaxy, about 2.5 million light-years away, moves fast. At 110 kilometres per second, it heads towards our Milky Way.

“A head-on collision is very unlikely, we found a less than 2% chance for that,” Sawala said. “In most of the cases that lead to a merger, the two galaxies will indeed fly past each other at ...

The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy may not collide in a few billion years after all; the probability of them missing each other is as high as 50 percent. This has been determined by an ...

The universe is constantly expanding, but when it comes to our cosmic neighborhood, two galaxies—our Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy—are heading toward an inevitable collision. Andromeda, located 2 ...