07 September 2016
Astronomers reveal the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed
... satellites. The team therefore hope to extend this method to other large galaxies in the Local Group such as Andromeda and the Magellanic Clouds with the aid of the James Web Space Telescope set to launch in 2018.
28 June 2017
The existence of orbiting supermassive black holes finally confirmed
... come from and where they are going – including our own. Our nearest largest neighbour the Andromeda galaxy, is predicted to collide with the Milky Way in about four billion years time. While we might not...
04 January 2019
Merger with the LMC spells doom for our Solar System
... compared to nearby galaxies of the same size as the Milky Way. For example, our nearest neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy, devoured galaxies weighing nearly 30 times more than those consumed by the Milky Way.” "Therefore, the...
18 February 2019
Gigantic remnant found around an exploding star
... it measures almost 400 light years across. The frequently exploding star is a white dwarf located in the nearby Andromeda galaxy named M31N 2008-12a. White dwarfs are what stars like the Sun become after...
01 January 2020
Milky Way Owners’ Workshop Manual
...’s conceptions. One of the most thought-provoking is an image of what is likely to be seen in the night sky when the Andromeda galaxy collides with ours (about 4.5 billion years from now). A more amusing example is the ‘Bok globule...
08 April 2020
First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies
... lay dormant." Billions of years from now, our own Milky Way will merge with the nearby Andromeda galaxy. "Scientists have carried out detailed numerical simulations and predicted that this event may ultimately...
