Hunting for pairs of monster black holes

When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...
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Chance of Milky Way, Andromeda galaxies colliding is 50-50

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral ...

Astronomers capture first-ever image of two black holes orbiting each other

Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black ...
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Experts say Milky Way has 50-50 chance of colliding with neighbor galaxy. But when?

(NewsNation) — The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies that scientists believed was inevitable has a much lower probability than previously thought. The Associated Press reported last ...
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Infinity Galaxy or Cosmic Owl? Webb Telescope Catches 2 Ring Galaxies Colliding

What happens when two rare ring galaxies collide? They form an infinity symbol—or the face of a cosmic owl, depending on how you look at it. The James Webb Space Telescope has helped two international ...
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Study finds 50% chance of Milky Way, Andromeda galaxies eventually colliding

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 ...