The wavelength-dependence can be plotted as an "extinction curve," and its shape provides information not only about the composition of the dust, but also about its local environment, such as the ...

Carrying two telescopes, the spacecraft's mission was to map the Milky Way, offering insights into the composition of our home galaxy and how it evolved, formed and is structured. Unlike the James ...

ESA's Gaia star surveying satellite launches European Space Agency starts to unfold atlas of 1 billion stars in 3D Carrying two telescopes, the spacecraft's mission was to map the Milky Way ...

Such hydrogen atoms may eventually transform into molecular gas, the basic fuel for star formation. Therefore, these cold gas ...

A radio map of the Milky Way's central region taken with the MeerKAT telescope, with red boxes showing the previously unknown filamentary structures observed with the ALMA telescope. (Image credit ...

The new image is an up-close view of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's nearest neighbors. The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new view of one of our nearest ...

Gupta explained that hydrogen atoms may eventually transform into molecular gas, the basic fuel for the formation of stars.

A radio-wave map of the Milky Way's turbulent center, taken with the MeerKAT telescope. New research used radio observations like these in order to discover previously unknown 'tornado'-like ...

Gaia’s goal was to create a 3D map of our entire galaxy, and so far it has revealed the structure of the Milky Way in the greatest detail ever obtained. It has uncovered evidence that our galaxy ...