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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 ...

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

Comparison of simulation of three main star forming episodes in the spiral arms with the currently observed Cepheid variables. Oldest stars (red) are 400 million years old and the youngest (blue) are ...

Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that have changed their view of the galaxy “forever”. The infrared map contains more than 1.5 billion objects ...

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...

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

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 ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft will end its observations this week as it runs out of cold gas propellant. Gaia space telescope aimed to create an accurate and detailed 3D map of ...