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 ...

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 ...

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

Researchers have revealed the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way Galaxy, Xinhua News reported Friday. The breakthrough will play a crucial ...

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 ...

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...