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 ...
Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...
Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...
When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy—the ...
Closer to home in our own Milky Way galaxy, SPHEREx will hunt for water and other ingredients ... or the heft of a grand ...
Astronomers discover space ‘tornadoes’ around our galaxy’s core - International researchers are not yet sure how the ...
The Euclid space telescope has dropped its first data and deep field observations showing millions of galaxies in great ...
To study it astronomers need to map the entire sky ... in the clouds of gas in our galaxy, the Milky Way. In the coldest parts of our galaxy, the molecules that create life (such as water ...
Last year, an enormous map of the cosmos hinted that the engine driving cosmic expansion might be sputtering. Now physicists ...