... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
...’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...
... 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...
... admit to ‘cheating’ by including the three “imposters” of the title; spoiler alert, they include a globular cluster, the Andromeda Nebula and a quasar. Spattered throughout with potted astronomical histories and the results from modern-day...