When it comes to the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, there’s a whole “will they or won’t they” thing going on. In 2012 ...

A new study led by researchers at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) reveals how the disks of galaxies like ...

"I would say that the popular narrative is diminished, but not eliminated." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have long ...

Billions of years ago, our galaxy experienced a cosmic smash-up that may have completely reshaped the Milky Way’s rotating ...

What's the truth behind this unusually tranquil city of galaxies?

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 ...

The collision played a vital role in shaping the modern look of the Milky Way.

Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters' vast clouds of dark matter have decoupled from the so-called normal matter. Astronomers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, is undergoing a transformation visible from the southern hemisphere. This change is due to a ...

A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an ...