Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that have changed their view of the galaxy ...

Despite the huge amount of data, though, the map doesn't cover the entire Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way is estimated to have anywhere from 100 billion to 400 billion stars and likely as many ...

Hot spots and tunnels to neighboring "superbubbles" seem to have been created by supernovas and infant star outbursts.

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of ... reveals 1st section of largest-ever 3D map of the universe — and there's still ...

The stunning “first piece” of a map detailing the greater universe ... mindblowing images of what deep space and our own Milky Way galaxy are made of. A jaw-dropping mosaic of several galaxies ...

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by ...

Oct. 7, 2024 — Researchers have discovered the most distant Milky-Way-like galaxy yet observed ... ESO Telescope Captures the Most Detailed Infrared Map Ever of Our Milky Way Sep. 26, 2024 ...

The Milky Way galaxy has had a violent history. It did not grow though simple and calm accretion, but rather through the aggressive mergers of multiple smaller galaxies. Recently, a team of ...

It's a small slice of the work the Euclid telescope is doing as it aims to map around a third of the ... blue clouds between the stars in our Milky Way galaxy. These “galactic cirrus” clouds ...

Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it could change our understanding of how galaxies form. The galaxy ...

Astronomers have released a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing ... the dust and gas permeating our galaxy. Therefore, it is capable of seeing the radiation from the most hidden regions ...