Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For decades, astronomers believed that one thing was as certain as death and taxes: the Milky Way and our neighboring Andromeda galaxy were on a crash course… destined to collide in less than 5 billion years.
That galactic smash-up would spark massive star formation, scatter stars like cosmic billiard balls, and possibly throw our Sun into a whole new orbit.
But now… that future may not be so certain.
For more information, visit science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Video Credits:
Milky Way Timelapse
Stock Footage Provided By Pond5/lovemushroom
Artist Rendition of Gaia Spacecraft
ESA
Artist’s animation of the Sun becoming a red giant
ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Milky Way and Andromeda Collision Simulation
Visualization Credit: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers (STScI) Simulation Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Besla (Columbia University), and R. van der Marel (STScI)
Music Credit:
"Lost to Eternity" by Timothy James Cornick [PRS] via BBC Production Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music
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For decades, astronomers believed that one thing was as certain as death and taxes: the Milky Way and our neighboring Andromeda galaxy were on a crash course… destined to collide in less than 5 billion years.
That galactic smash-up would spark massive star formation, scatter stars like cosmic billiard balls, and possibly throw our Sun into a whole new orbit.
But now… that future may not be so certain.
For more information, visit science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Video Credits:
Milky Way Timelapse
Stock Footage Provided By Pond5/lovemushroom
Artist Rendition of Gaia Spacecraft
ESA
Artist’s animation of the Sun becoming a red giant
ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Milky Way and Andromeda Collision Simulation
Visualization Credit: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers (STScI) Simulation Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Besla (Columbia University), and R. van der Marel (STScI)
Music Credit:
"Lost to Eternity" by Timothy James Cornick [PRS] via BBC Production Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14847. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14847. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html.
See more Hubble videos on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN
Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope:
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASAHubble
· X: twitter.com/NASAHubble
· Instagram: instagram.com/NASAHubble
· Flickr: flickr.com/photos/nasahubble
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Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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· X twitter.com/NASAGoddard
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASAGoddard
· Flickr flickr.com/photos/gsfc
