Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from the new galaxy.

When NASA detects two black holes colliding, the cosmos is in a state of chaos. Black holes lie at the centre of most ...

Other times ... those at the hearts of the Milky Way and M87 but instead at examples that can be up to tens of billions of solar masses, located at the centers of galaxy clusters.

So far, the VLT has allowed astronomers to trace orbits of stars in the nearest vicinity of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy ... outside the solar system and uncovered the ...

These could be remnants of past tidal arms or distortions in the disk, or remnants of ancient interactions with other ... galaxy and the Milky Way have triggered major episodes of star formation, one ...

Gaia is rewriting the Milky Way’s history and making predictions about its future. In the process of scanning the stars in our own galaxy, Gaia has also spotted other objects, from asteroids in our ...

With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system ... in the other. Inside, her view extends to the Milky Way and beyond.

It is so distant that it has been traveling to us for around 4.4 billion years, meaning when it left its source, the solar system ... Milky Way. LEDA 1313424 has more rings than any other known ...