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 ...

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

Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC We now have the most detailed catalogue of stars in our Milky Way galaxy yet. The new map -- created using data collected by the Gaia satellite -- shows about 1.7 billion ...

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

The warp in the Milky Way's spiral disk is precessing backward under the influence of the enormous mass of dark matter that ...

the Andromeda Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds. SEE ALSO: Bye, bye, Rosetta: The best moments from the spacecraft's historic mission The map is a full sky survey of the Milky Way, in the same way ...

21 cm radiation is a powerful tool in the field of astronomy that allows astronomers to map the structure of our Milky Way galaxy, understand its rotation, and even estimate the masses of distant ...

BEIJING -- Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional map of the properties of interstellar ...