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Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that ... making it the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Visible ...

This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most ... [+] detailed infrared map ever of our galaxy. Here we see, from left to right and top to bottom ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of the Milky Way galaxy. The agency shared the visuals on social media, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the dynamic process of carbon-rich dust formation around Wolf-Rayet 140, a binary star system in our galaxy. How is carbon, a key ...

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are massive, with plasma jets powered by supermassive black holes at their centers, stretching ...

Gaia space telescope aimed to create an accurate and detailed 3D map of billions of stars in our galaxy and has flipped astronomers' understanding of the Milky Way on its head. After more than a ...

ESA is working on the GaiaNIR mission, an infrared version of Gaia which would be able to see through the dust in the Milky Way's disk to map many more stars and make a direct connection between ...

Brunier Since its launch in 2013 and positioning at the Lagrange L2 point, Gaia has revolutionized our understanding of the Milky Way. By studying nearly 2 billion stars, it has provided valuable data ...

Astronomers discover Inkathazo, a massive giant radio galaxy spanning 3 million light-years, using South Africa's MeerKAT ...

The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has officially ended its mission to map the Milky Way after 12 years of data collection. The spacecraft shut down its science operations on January 15 ...