While the Triangulum galaxy’s gravitational influence conspired to bring the Milky Way and Andromeda together, the LMC had a repellent effect. And when all four danced together, the odds of an ...

In the team’s simulations, the spiral-shaped Triangulum galaxy’s gravity increased the chance of a collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda, while the LMC decreased the chance of a clash ...

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor. This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has ...

Andromeda may not collide with our galaxy, a new study suggests The Andromeda galaxy, about 2.5 million light-years away, moves fast. At 110 kilometres per second, it heads towards our Milky Way.

A new study suggests the Milky Way may not collide with Andromeda as previously thought. The chance of a head-on collision in 4.5 billion years is only 2%, with a 50% chance within 10 billion years.

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 ...

Earlier in 2012, it was considered that the gravitational effect of an additional galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), alongside the Milky Way, Andromeda and the nearby Triangulum spiral galaxy ...

Looming clash between Milky Way, Andromeda may not happen after all While good news for the Milky Way galaxy, the latest forecast may be moot for humanity Updated - June 04, 2025 02:47 pm IST AP ...

“Our starkly different result is mainly due to two factors”, explains Till Sawala from the University of Helsinki. “Firstly, while some earlier works had focused on the interaction between the Milky ...