Andromeda–Milky Way collision - Wikipedia
The Andromeda–Milky Way collision is a galactic collision predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years between the two largest galaxies in the Local Group—the Milky Way (which contains the Solar System and Earth) and the Andromeda Galaxy.
The Andromeda and Milky Way collision, explained - Astronomy …
2023年12月1日 · In about 4 billion years, our home galaxy will merge with the nearest large spiral in the Local Group. Here's what will happen. Billions of years from now, the night sky will glow with stars, dust,...
NASA’s Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision
2012年5月31日 · NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.
Milky Way may escape fated collision with Andromeda galaxy
2024年8月9日 · For years, astronomers thought it was the Milky Way’s destiny to collide with its near neighbor the Andromeda galaxy a few billion years from now. But a new simulation finds a 50% chance the impending crunch will end up a near-miss, at least for the next 10 billion years.
Andromeda Galaxy - NASA
2013年6月12日 · Andromeda, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light years away. It is thought that the Milky Way and Andromeda will collide several billion years from now. The black holes located in both galaxies will then reside in the large, elliptical galaxy that results from this merger.
Crash of the Titans: Milky Way & Andromeda Collision
2018年5月23日 · The three largest galaxies in our Local Group of Galaxies are our Milky Way along with the Andromeda (also known as Messier 31) and Triangulum (also known as Messier 33) galaxies.
Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-on Collision with Andromeda …
2017年1月24日 · Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-on Collision with Andromeda Galaxy. This video series of photo illustrations shows the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as …
Will the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Ever Collide?
2024年8月23日 · Will the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Ever Collide? Andromeda and the Milky Way may collide, or they may safely swing past each other. Time will tell. A pair of far-distant...
Hubble shows Milky Way is destined for head-on collision with Andromeda …
2012年6月1日 · NASA astronomers announced Thursday, May 31, that they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, the Sun, and the solar system: the titanic collision of our...
Andromeda on collision course with the Milky Way | Nature
2012年5月31日 · Andromeda, roughly 770,000 parsecs (2.5 million light years) away, is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. Roeland van der Marel and Sangmo Tony Sohn, astronomers at the Space...