This radiation reveals everything from star-forming gas ... the field of astronomy that allows astronomers to map the ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile.

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the stuff at scale.

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

ESA's Gaia star surveying satellite launches European Space Agency starts to unfold atlas of 1 billion stars in 3D Carrying two telescopes, the spacecraft's mission was to map the Milky Way ...

After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...

BEIJING -- Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide critical support ...

A cosmic anomaly detected in a distant galaxy could portend a terrifying future for life in the Milky Way. The discovery suggests that our models of galactic evolution could be inaccurate.

Gaia has charted the cosmos since 2014, creating a vast encyclopedia of the positions and movements of celestial objects in our Milky Way and beyond. It is difficult to capture the breadth of ...

Astronomers have had a rare glimpse into the heart of the Milky Way thanks to an errant star expelled from the galactic centre. At the middle of our galaxy is a supermassive black hole ...

Carrying two telescopes, the spacecraft's mission was to map the Milky Way, offering insights into the composition of our home galaxy and how it evolved, formed and is structured. Unlike the James ...