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This illustration shows what the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy might look like 4 billion years from now during the merger of the two galaxies. (ICRAR)

Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Have the Same Mass

February 16, 2018

In 2012, NASA astronomers predicted that our Milky Way galaxy will collide and merge with its neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years. Scientists said that when this galactic collision takes place, Andromeda, which was thought to be two to three times the size of the Milky Way – will completely engulf our galaxy. Now, […]

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