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 ...

"Proclamations of the impending demise of our galaxy seem greatly exaggerated,” scientists said. This good news for the Milky Way galaxy will mean little to any of us.

When the first results came in, we realised that we had literally struck gold!” declared Dr. Nils Messling, a geochemist at ...