Andromeda–Milky Way collision - Wikipedia
The Andromeda–Milky Way in outer space collision is a galactic collision predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years between the two largest galaxies in the Local Group —the Milky Way (which contains the Solar System and Earth) and the Andromeda Galaxy. [1][2][3][4][5] The stars involved are sufficiently far apart that it is improbable that an...
The Andromeda and Milky Way collision, explained
Dec 1, 2023 · It is the closet major galaxy to our Milky Way and is the most distant thing you can see with the naked eye at 2.5 million light years away. Absolute chaos will begin as the two galaxies approach...
NASA's Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On ...
May 31, 2012 · NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.
Milky Way may escape fated collision with Andromeda galaxy
Aug 9, 2024 · For years, astronomers thought it was the Milky Way’s destiny to collide with its near neighbor the Andromeda galaxy a few billion years from now. But a new simulation finds a 50% chance the impending crunch will end up a near-miss, at least for the next 10 billion years.
The Milky Way and Andromeda may not merge, after all
Sep 30, 2024 · Our Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy are (likely) destined to collide nearly head on in a few billion years. In one possible scenario, the smaller Pinwheel Galaxy (M33) misses the...
Milkomeda, Our Future Home | Center for Astrophysics ...
May 27, 2008 · New research at the CfA finds that our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy in another few billion years. Galaxies frequently collide with one another, leaving evidence for their stupendous interactions nearly everywhere in the sky.
Will our galaxy really collide with Andromeda? Maybe not
Aug 22, 2024 · By studying Andromeda's motion through telltale signs from the light it emanates, astronomers first predicted back in 1912 that the galaxy is on a collision course with our own Milky Way,...