When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

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

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

Green, “Three-dimensional maps of the interstellar dust extinction curve within the Milky Way galaxy,” in the journal Science. Both authors work at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...

Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of ...

Researchers have revealed the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way Galaxy ...

Beijing: An international team of astronomers has unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of ...

Other dwarf galaxies have been spotted around Andromeda before, but these have been large and bright, thus simply confirming ...

Besides the telescope, SpaceX’s Falcon rocket provided a lift from Vandenberg for a quartet of NASA satellites called Punch.

Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...