A simple animation created by planetary scientist ... Milky Way's speed by how quickly it's approaching the nearby Andromeda Galaxy. But that isn't necessarily the best point of comparison.

The galaxy in question is the famous Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, which is the most distant object you can see with your naked eyes. If you’ve got a pair of binoculars you’ll get a ...

This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... [+] neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years.

In fact, the furthest ends of the galaxy would reach all the way to the Andromeda galaxy, which is our nearest galactic ...