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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50

Colliding Galaxies - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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 galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a 50-50 chance within the next 10 billion years. That’s essentially a coin flip, but still better odds than previous estimates and farther out in time.

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