We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

The answer is: a radio telescope that can track hydrogen in the Milky Way as well as the velocities ... as per the above graphic by [Jack Phelps]. The solid lines are low-loss microwave coax ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The core of the Milky Way in Sagittarius low in the south over the Frenchman River valley at ... [+] Grasslands National Park ...

The total mass of the Milky Way is estimated to be only two hundred billion times that of the sun (2.06 x 10 11 solar masses), marking a significant downward revision—approximately four to five ...

The universe is filled with galaxies, including our own Milky Way. When pictured, galaxies appear like fairly set areas with ...

Gaia, the European Space Agency’s observatory that is mapping the Milky Way, has completed the sky-scanning phase of its ...