The supermassive black holes at the centers of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are doomed to engulf each other in an ill-fated cosmological dance. Astronomers have long known that Andromeda is on ...

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor. This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has become ...

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?

The Mass Effect: Andromeda character creator isn't as robust as those in other BioWare games, but there's still plenty of options to create a customized character you'll be happy to spend dozens of ...

Perhaps the most glaring mystery to remain a leftover from Mass Effect: Andromeda: where is the Quarian ark? The Keelah Si'yah, the ark that carried the Quarians, Hanar, Elcor, Volus, and Drell to ...

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide in about 4 billion years. Most stars will not collide due to vast distances between them. The galaxies' central black holes will eventually merge. Our ...

There’s more to galaxies than meets the eye, and now astronomers have mapped out a huge invisible region of the galaxy next door. Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have detailed the size and ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. Astronomers use Andromeda to understand the ...

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Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The Andromeda galaxy is the galaxy next door, a very faint, fuzzy thing ...

The Andromeda constellation, encompassing the mythological princess, is notable for its size (19th largest) and moderate brightness (37th brightest), with its brightest star, Alpheratz, officially ...

The cannibal next door has an even mightier appetite than we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Like most big galaxies, the ...