For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...
Simulating a billion years using previous best-resolution simulations would take almost 36 years of real computing time.
Silverman, Leah. "Astronomers Just Created The Most Detailed 3D-Map Of Our Galaxy Yet." AllThatsInteresting.com, November 14, ...
A stunning new discovery reveals our solar system may be connected to distant stars by a vast interstellar “tunnel” carved by ...
Far above the dusty lanes of the Milky Way, an unusual structure near the star-forming hub Cygnus X is rewriting what you ...
Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, ...