Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend over California when the Milky Way appears in the night ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. ... An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Follow Author. Jun 02, 2025, 11:00am EDT.

Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda. But a new ...

The odds of a galactic collision in our distant future are much lower than we thought, according to new simulations.

Left: An illustration shows a stage in the potential merger between the Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as viewed in Earth's night sky in 3.75 billion years. Andromeda (left ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

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.

Photo shows The Milky Way galaxy in the night sky above a lit-up rock. Smartphones are now advanced enough to take photos that were once only possible using bulky cameras.

M33 nudges Andromeda slightly toward the Milky Way, increasing the chance of a merger. Meanwhile, the Large Magellanic Cloud shifts the Milky Way's motion away from Andromeda, reducing the ...