Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

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

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

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The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its ...

Prior to Gaia, obtaining a robust rotation curve for our galaxy was challenging, unlike the case for external spiral galaxies. This challenge stemmed from our position within the Milky Way ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

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

This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most ... [+] detailed infrared map ever of our galaxy. Here we see, from left to right and top to bottom ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Summer is the best time of year for seeing the Milky Way from the northern hemisphere—and parts of August are the very best.