New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may ...

A new simulation released by NASA’s Ames Research Institute reveals a stunning vision of the evolution of a galaxy. Blue influx gases, white stars and red satellite galaxies are shown moving thousands ...

Clues about how galaxies like our Milky Way form and evolve and why their stars show surprising chemical patterns have been ...

The stars in our galaxy exhibit a curious chemical division, but is this the norm in the Universe? A recent study shows that ...

New simulations reveal that the Milky Way’s odd split between two chemically distinct groups of stars isn’t a universal ...

An artist's concept depicts the Milky Way galaxy and its spiral shape. Our solar system is located in one of the spiral arms. - NASA/JPL-Caltech A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its ...

An illustration of the predicted merger between the Milky Way and Andromeda. NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger For decades, astronomers have predicted that, ...

The chance that our Milky Way Galaxy will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy may not be as certain as previously thought, according to researchers, who say that a new simulation has found a 50% chance ...

Image: Snapshots of the time evolution of a collision of two spiral galaxies with black holes at their center from a computer simulation. Color indicates temperature and brightness the gas density.

For decades, astronomers have said of our Milky Way galaxy is headed for an inevitable, head-on collision with its colossal neighbor, Andromeda, in approximately 4.5 billion years. This collision, ...

Does dark matter interact with itself? The answer may lie in vast clusters of colliding galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.