Articles related to "Galactic Collisions"

Though it's a hefty two billion years away, the future event that has astronomers buzzing is the expected galactic merger of the Milky Way and the spiral Andromeda Galaxy

A vast cloud of gas, perhaps big enough to be a galaxy in its own right, is colliding with the outer edges of the Milky Way.

The question itself raises other questions. How old is the sun and how long will it live? How far away from each other are the two galaxies and how fast do they travel?

What happens when galaxies collide? The result is often galactic-sized fireworks and strange and beautiful new shapes.