"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an ...

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly ...

The image reveals reddish nebulas and clusters of stars in star-forming regions once hidden from view. These vibrant ...

Have you ever dreamed of traveling through the vast universe like an astronaut? Now, the opportunity has arrived! The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia space telescope has brought us an unprecedented ...

When the ESA launched the Gaia spacecraft in 2013, it didn't generate the same fanfare as the launch of other missions like the JWST, or first light from telescopes like the Vera Rubin Observatory.

Astronomers have long relied on supercomputers to simulate the immense structure of the Universe, but a new tool called ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), its beautiful images highlighting the intensity ...

Blue jays, native to much of the eastern United States, and green jays, traditionally found in Mexico and Central America, were once separated by distance.