So it is . The Milky Way is on a collision path with its neighbor Andromeda , which, located just over two million light years away, is inexorably approaching our galaxy. Although the stars are so far apart that an impact between them is highly unlikely, the orbits of many stars could be altered.
Of course, the phenomenon, which will give rise to a huge elliptical galaxy called Milkomeda , is a very long-term process that will not occur for about 5 billion years . The fusion between titanic clouds of dust and gas is expected to create an epoch of intense star formation.
