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Scientists finally reveal why Andromeda is racing toward the Milky Way

For more than a century, astronomers have watched in astonishment as the Andromeda galaxy ignored the grand flow of cosmic expansion and hurtled straight toward the Milky Way. While almost every other ...
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Milky Way's chance of colliding with Andromeda? New study puts odds at 50-50

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 ...
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Andromeda is heading straight for the Milky Way, and scientists finally know why

For years, astronomers have observed the strange motion of Andromeda, the Milky Way’s closest large galactic neighbor. While ...
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Every major galaxy is speeding away from us, except one — and we finally know why

A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...
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Milky Way Galaxy collision more likely while NASA prepares for lunar rescue

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Milky Way could, relatively soon, collide with a neighboring galaxy. A new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy found that there is a 50-50 chance that the Milky Way and ...
The Columbian

Study finds 50% chance of Milky Way, Andromeda galaxies eventually colliding

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 ...
AOL

New data predicts a 50% chance that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide

Scientists have long thought the Milky Way galaxy would someday collide with its closest neighbor, Andromeda. However, new research suggests the future of our cosmic home is more uncertain than ...
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Experts say Milky Way has 50-50 chance of colliding with neighbor galaxy. But when?

(NewsNation) — The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies that scientists believed was inevitable has a much lower probability than previously thought. The Associated Press reported last ...
KXAN

Milky Way Galaxy collision more likely while NASA prepares for lunar rescue

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 ...