Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends
The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...
10 latest breathtaking photos of Galaxy captured by NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Our Milky Way galaxy is ablaze with ...
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Scientists create the most detailed 3D map of dust in the Milky Way
Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...
Farewell to Gaia, the Milky Way’s Cartographer
After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.
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'Unlike any objects we know': Scientists get their best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling at the Milky Way's center
Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...
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Astronomers unveil 1st 3D map of Milky Way interstellar dust properties
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the ...
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So long, Gaia: Europe officially retires prolific star-mapping space telescope
Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more ...
Astronomers Unveil First 3D Map of Milky Way's Interstellar Dust
Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...