Scientists have revealed the exact date that the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy will erupt into life, and ...

The impending merger of the two galaxies hints at what might be in store for the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy if and ...

Astronomers have studied the merger of galaxies NGC 5713 and NGC 5719 to understand the future collision between the Milky ...

In recent groundbreaking research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, scientists from the University of Queensland have provided insights into the likely fate of our galaxy ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Astronomers have discovered the first evidence for giant black holes in dwarf galaxies on a collision course. This result from NASA’s Chandra ...

A cosmic dance could be the future of the Milky Way as it tracks a course to collide with neighboring galaxies, a University of Queensland survey has found. The paper is published in the Monthly ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star.

This galaxy cluster has mysterious cosmic tendrils over 200,000 light-years long (image) Astronomers discover black hole ripping a star apart inside a galactic collision. 'It is a peculiar event' ...

In about 4.5 billion years, our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with the Andromeda galaxy. While it sounds like a cosmic disaster, the truth is far more fascinating than destructive. What ...

A surprising new paper suggests that the universe's expected lifespan is just 33 billion years, and that the cosmos will ...

Will the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide in several billion years? The odds have changed with a new study using 100,000 supercomputer simulations. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

There's so much more to Andromeda than its eponymous galaxy. Here's a list of other targets to observe in the Princess.