Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly ...

This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a ...

The image reveals reddish nebulas and clusters of stars in star-forming regions once hidden from view. These vibrant ...

ESA's Gaia mission ends its tenure—creating the most comprehensive and precise 3D map of Milky Way Galaxy In March 2025, the Gaia mission stopped collecting data from space. The influence of this ...

"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an ...

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This spectrograph map, generated from data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe, depicts the ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. It took ...

An artist's impression of the Milky Way, seen edge-on. Image: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has completed one of its major charges: delivering a map of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor ...

Peering back in time more than 7 billion years, a team of astronomers using a powerful new spectrograph at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has obtained the first maps showing the distribution of ...