The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...

The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has almost completely depleted the cold gas propellant that kept it spinning and ...

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...

detailed infrared map ever of our galaxy. Here we see, from left to right and top to bottom: NGC 3576, NGC 6357, Messier 17, NGC 6188, Messier 22 and NGC 3603. “We have changed the view of our ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

Our understanding of the galaxy has advanced with every leap in the number of stars. From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone has ...

“We have characterised the synchrotron emission from our Galaxy with unprecedented accuracy. This radiation is the result of the emission by charged particles moving at velocities close to that of ...

A new effort to map the rumblings in spacetime caused by ... we need a detector the size of our galaxy. The high-frequency gravitational waves created by collisions between relatively small ...

Scientists have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. The background rumble is ...

distance and motion of stars in our galaxy. Team members used data from the European Space Agency telescope, along with other measurements, to construct a detailed, 3D map of interstellar matter ...