"The fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising." A titanic cosmic collision between the Milky Way and its closest large galactic neighbor, Andromeda, may not be as ...

The month that brings the anniversary of the lunar landing also features great meteor showers and Manhattanhenge's second act ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...

July will kick off with colorful flashes of light during Independence Day celebrations across the United States, but the ...

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

The team found only a 2 percent probability that the galaxies will collide in the next five billion years. In slightly over half of the simulated scenarios, Andromeda and the Milky Way experience at ...

The moment you glimpse the Milky Way stretched across the night sky, you realize how many stars city life has stolen from you ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Planets, constellations, and meteor showers are only part of it. Stargazing in Wadi Rum is as much about feeling as it is ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the ...