Four billion years from now, our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with our large spiraled neighbor, Andromeda.
There are 2 much smaller irregular galaxies that orbit our galaxy called the Magellanic Clouds. These are abbreviated LMC and SMC (large and small Magellianic Cloud). These will one day gradually collide with The Milky Way but it is a long time until that happens; no need to worry. There is also the Andromeda Galaxy which is on a collision course with us.
The nearest major galaxy is Andromeda which is only 2.5 million light years away. There are two dwarf galaxies near the Milky Way called the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud roughly 75,000 light years away.In about 2.5 billion years, Andromeda and the Milky Way will merge.
The observable Universe has at least a hundred billion galaxies. The galaxies closest to us are part of the so-called "Local Group" (that is, the group that includes our galaxy); this Local Group includes our own galaxy (i.e., the Milky Way), the Andromeda Galaxy, the Triangulum Galaxy, and about 50 dwarf galaxies such as the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. Then, of course, there are hundreds or thousands of galaxies "near-by" as distances between galaxies go, but outside of our Local Group.
The answer is YES. There are an estimated 200 billion galaxies in the known Universe. Most of these galaxies are relatively similar to our own, some bigger, some smaller, some differently shaped. Most galaxies hold 50-200 billion stars, and average about 50,000 - 100,000 light years across. Light travels at 180,000 miles PER SECOND, so if it only takes 2 seconds to get to the moon, 30 seconds to Mars, but 100,000 light years to cross our own galaxy, imagine the size! Mind boggling!
Actually, most galaxies are all moving away from all other galaxies, not just from ours. The exception is the Andromeda galaxy, with which the Milky Way is on a collision course.
they are both galaxies...andromeda being the larger of the two by almost double in size
Spiral galaxies
They are both spiral galaxies, except the Milky Way is a barred spiral and the Andromeda is a typical spiral galaxy. The Andromeda has at least twice as many stars as the Milky Way, and it has more mass. The galaxies are going to merge in 4 billion years, and now they are about 2 million light years apart.
Milky way - "I bet i could take you on in a fight, Andromeda!" Andromeda - "Bring it on!" No galaxies do not think!
ALL of them, except the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies.
Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies are flat spirals in shape.
Three galaxies would be the Milky Way, Andromeda, and Comet Galaxy.
Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies are flat spirals in shape.
The Andromeda Galaxy is moving towards our Milky Way galaxy at a speed of about 110 km/s. This movement is called the "Andromeda-Milky Way collision." Scientists predict that the two galaxies will collide in about 4 billion years, merging into a single galaxy.
The Milky Way is projected to undergo a merger with the Andromeda Galaxy in about 4 billion years, forming a new galaxy dubbed Milkomeda. This event will greatly alter the structure and composition of both galaxies, likely leading to the formation of new stars and potentially disrupting our solar system's current orbit.
no. Andromeda is our nearest milky way's neighbor galaxy. so Andromeda is not locate in the milky way. the distance between these 2 galaxies are roughly 2.5 millions light years.
Andromeda is heading straight for us here in the Milky Way, and the two galaxies are going to collide. Don't lose any sleep over this; it isn't going to happen for roughly four billion years. By then the earth will very likely no longer be inhabited, and who knows where are descendants will be, if there will be any at all?