WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are currently hurtling through space toward each other at a speed of about 250,000 miles per hour (400,000 kph), setting up a ...

Researchers led by astronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered the smallest and dimmest galaxy to date that's orbiting the Andromeda system, the Milky Way's nearest major galactic ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, which they have named Pegasus VII. The newfound galaxy, which lies about 2.4 million light years away, was identified ...

Andromeda, the nearest galaxy of a size similar to the Milky Way’s, has long been thought to be on course to collide and merge with our Galaxy in roughly four billion years. But some researchers now ...

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