The map, spanning 4,000 light-years from the sun in all directions, combines a chart of space dust with the effects of a rare type of young, hot star.

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

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

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data ...

The Hubble Space Telescope searches the universe to understand how planets, stars, and galaxies form. Recently, it captured this image of a nebula known as GN 04.32.8 within a larger stellar nursery ...

M82 has been a popular target for astronomers and their telescopes, due to its high activity. Hubble has observed it many ...

The ever-busy James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently turned its gaze toward the core of our galaxy and revealed ...

A detailed infrared view of the Galactic Center region of our Milky Way Galaxy. These infrared images are sensitive to the presently forming massive stars there as well as the emission from cool ...

According to IT Home, on September 9, technology media Notebook Check reported that the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) jointly released new ...

Scientists created the most accurate 3D map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. This map will teach us more about ...

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.

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from ESA's Gaia space telescope. This map will teach us more about these ...