When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

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 ...

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...

The results allowed the astronomers to reconstruct the first detailed, three-dimensional map of the extinction curve of dust in the Milky Way. This map was made possible by Zhang and Green’s ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

DESI's first dataset maps 18.7 million celestial objects, aiding dark energy, galaxy, and universe expansion studies.

BEIJING -- Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide critical support ...

By combining precise stellar parameters from LAMOST with Gaia’s low-resolution spectroscopic data, researchers created a ...

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy—the ...