Galaxies, like the Milky Way, seem to float freely in space, but is that really the case? Are they orbiting something even ...

The galactic smash-up that was once considered a certainty is now in question. Explore the latest research that uses 100,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, astronomers have predicted that the Milky Way will eventually collide with its nearest large galactic neighbor, ...

The Milky Way may not always have faced the same direction. New simulations suggest its stellar disc could have swung through ...

A two-decade-long riddle about the bizarre shape of the Milky Way’s nearest spiral-shaped galaxy, Andromeda, has been solved, suggests a new study. Instead of having the flat plane and outflung arms ...

NASA's Hubble has discovered that the Andromeda Galaxy is producing far fewer stars than before. Is our giant neighbouring ...

Vasily Belokurov is one of three winners of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. The award is for “uncovering the fossil evidence of past mergers proving that the Milky Way galaxy” was built through ...

The Milky Way may have undergone a dramatic change in orientation during its history, according to new research that helps ...

The Milky Way and Andromeda have appeared locked on a destructive course for decades. Now, thousands of simulations suggest their collision is not destiny, but a contest between gravity, uncertain ...