Milky Way to CRASH into Andromeda Galaxy: Scientists warn it’s unavoidable

Previous studies of the impending collision have suggested a crash date nearly 3.5 billion years from now.

But astronomers who have studied Gaia’s latest batch of data, have suggested the crash will occur 600 million years later.

And the good news is, Andromeda is not headed for a direct hit with the Milky Way.

The ESA said in a statement: “While the Milky Way and Andromeda are still destined to collide and merge, both the timing and destructiveness of the interaction are also likely to be different than expected.

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