Despite the previous belief that our galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda would eventually merge in about 5 billion years, forming what they call Lactomed, a new analysis has reached a different ...

There's a 50% chance that the predicted head-on collision will end in a galactic merger, according to a new study. Reading time 2 minutes For decades, astronomers have predicted that, in approximately ...

The chance that our Milky Way Galaxy will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy may not be as certain as previously thought, according to researchers, who say that a new simulation has found a 50% chance ...

For decades, astronomers have said of our Milky Way galaxy is headed for an inevitable, head-on collision with its colossal neighbor, Andromeda, in approximately 4.5 billion years. This collision, ...

From the death of the sun to a sudden asteroid impact, there are a number of terrifying ways the world could end. Now, scientists have revealed just how likely one of those doomsday scenarios really ...

A new simulation tool lets scientists explore whether self-interacting dark matter could reshape galaxies from the inside out ...

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A new model is bringing scientists a step closer to understanding the kinds of light signals produced when two supermassive black holes, which are millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, ...

Does dark matter interact with itself? The answer may lie in vast clusters of colliding galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Image: Snapshots of the time evolution of a collision of two spiral galaxies with black holes at their center from a computer simulation. Color indicates temperature and brightness the gas density.

Using a supercomputer, the researchers created a high-resolution simulation. Credit: Lund University Using a supercomputer simulation, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in ...

(CNN) — A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years, has been anticipated by astronomers since 1912. But new ...