US EditionStudy: Milky Way and Andromeda May Not Collide
- Researchers at the University of Helsinki found a 50% chance that the Milky Way will merge with the Andromeda galaxy in the next 10 billion years.
- When considering the interactions of the four largest galaxies, the likelihood of a Milky Way-Andromeda collision is just a coin flip.
- The study highlights uncertainties about galaxy positions and motions, suggesting a significant probability that no merger will occur within the next 10 billion years.
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Astronomers discovered the Andromeda galaxy (M31) hundreds of years ago, but it wasn't until about 100 years ago that astronomers discovered that the galaxy has a negative radial velocity as it approaches the Milky Way. This means that the two galaxies will collide and merge in the future. But many people wonder if the two galaxies will actually collide?
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nexusnewsfeed.comCatastrophic collision between Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may not happen after all, new study hints
Astronomers have long predicted that a collision between our galaxy and nearby Andromeda could be inevitable, but new calculations suggest this may be an over exaggeration.
For years, astronomers believed that after a few billion years, the Milky Way would inevitably collide with its nearest neighbor
'Demise of our galaxy...': Is Andromeda-Milky Way collision inevitable?
Milky Way is gearing up for a massive change. Astronomers have spotted the Andromeda galaxy moving towards us and say that in approximately 4.5 billion a massive collision between the two galaxies will result in them merging. This will lead to several changes in the cosmic region and our solar system will be thrown into a new region in terms of galactic core. This cosmic event has been termed inevitable in previous research.
A new study conducted by astrophysicists from the universities of Helsinki, Toulouse and Durham questions the probability of a collision between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. Contrary to previous predictions that considered this merger inevitable, recent simulations suggest that the probability is only 50%.
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