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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray, J. Maíz Apellániz This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Sept. 12, 2025, ...

This is a still image of the animation showing Gaia’s star-formation map in 3D. In this animation we fly around the ...

Hubble’s latest image captures a glittering star cluster inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 160,000 ...

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