ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
The National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution map of waterways, created by the US Geological Survey, is the highest-resolution survey of its kind. With nearly 25 million rivers, streams, pipe ...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
Computer algorithms can model the universe, matching simulations to observations and revealing the distribution of dark ...
Gaia has created the best Milky Way map yet, by charting the positions, distances, movements, brightness changes, composition and numerous other characteristics of stars, monitoring them with three ...
Welcome to Pedernales Falls State Park, a hidden gem nestled in the heart of Texas Hill Country. This isn’t your average ...
Pedernales Falls State Park is not just another patch of green on the map; it’s a 5,212-acre playground for nature lovers, ...
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
Black Hole Debate Settled? Stellar-Mass Black Holes Found at the Heart of the Milky Way's Largest Star Cluster Dec. 9, 2024 — Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars ...