By that metric, the ESA’s Gaia mission is a resounding success. The spacecraft gave us a precise, 3D map of our Milky Way galaxy and has forced us to abandon old ideas and replace them with compelling ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
From vibrant star-forming nebulae to supernova explosions, check out these 7 astonishing images of deep space shared by NASA.
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
"Many people don't know what conditions to look for and what time of the month that they're able to see the Milky Way with their naked eye," he said. To capture the video's stunning visuals ...
The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...
The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting the galaxy have more planets on average than stars in a thicker, enveloping disk — and astronomers now ...
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