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Record-breaking Milky Way map showcases 1.5 billion objects: 'We have changed the view of our galaxy forever'
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 ...
How astronomers make deep maps of the Milky Way
Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...
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Astonishingly detailed map of the Milky Way will blow your mind
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC We now have the most detailed catalogue of stars in our Milky Way galaxy yet. The new map -- created using data collected by the Gaia satellite -- shows about 1.7 billion ...
Astronaut’s Remarkable Image Captures Milky Way Beyond Earth’s Horizon
The shot of our planet and the great cosmos beyond offers an eerie sense of scale to our quotidian situations on Earth.
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A new way to measure where the Milky Way’s dark matter is
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting ...