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The supermassive black holes at the centers of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are doomed to engulf each other in an ill-fated cosmological dance. Astronomers have long known that Andromeda is on ...

As the crisp autumn air rolls in, October presents a prime opportunity for stargazers to witness the beauty of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Just as the Milky Way’s closest neighbor climbs high above ...

The Andromeda galaxy is our closest galactic neighbor, and it apparently has been hiding a dark past. Scientists from the University of Michigan discovered that this sinister figure cannibalized our ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Milky Way is headed for a collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, but scientists may ...

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