The most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way contains incredible images of over 1.5 billion objects within our galaxy. The 200,000 images were collected by the Visible and Infrared Survey ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way ...

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The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...

We sit along an outer arm of a massive, spiraling disk of gas, dust, and a billion stars. In the right place at the right time, you can see it as a spilled-milk streak across the night sky: the ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during January 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide. Looking for a telescope for the next night sky event? We recommend the Celestron ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of ...

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.