The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...
However, the current understanding ... understanding of the huge galaxy. Recently, they unveiled the most detailed infrared map ever created of the Milky Way, revealing over 1.5 billion objects ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to transform our understanding of the universe. By combining its advanced ...
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.
One of the largest galaxies ever found, the behemoth is about 1.44 billion light-years away and reckoned to be 32 times the ...
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...
Issues delivered straight to your door "I expect Gaia's best results are still to come." ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Nearly every large galaxy ...
A galaxy lurking in the far reaches of the Universe, a mere 600 million years after the Big Bang, is giving us our best glimpse yet at what our own infant Milky Way might have looked like.