Milky Way Galaxy Collision
Hubble Sees an Epic Merger of Three Galaxies
When is 50,000 light-years only a small distance? When three galaxies are that close to one another. At that range,…
2 years ago
The Disk of the Milky Way is Warped Because it Already Collided With Another Galaxy
Using data from the second Gaia data release, a team of astronomers has demonstrated that the "warp" in our galaxy…
5 years ago
What Did the Early Milky Way Look Like?
In the very early days of our Universe, just over 13 billion years ago, there was very little structure. There…
5 years ago
Thanks to Gaia, We Now Know Exactly When We’ll be Colliding with Andromeda
Astronomers have known for some time that the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies will collide on some future date.…
6 years ago
Milky Way Shakes, Rattles and Rolls…
For decades astronomers have puzzled over the many details concerning the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy. Now a group…
11 years ago
What is the Milky Way?
When you look up at the night sky, assuming conditions are just right, you might just catch a glimpse of…
11 years ago