Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that ... making it the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Visible ...

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us groundbreaking insights into our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

Gaia’s goal was to create a 3D map of our entire galaxy, and so far it has revealed the structure of the Milky Way in the greatest detail ever obtained. It has uncovered evidence that our galaxy ...

Carrying two telescopes, the spacecraft's mission was to map the Milky Way, offering insights into ... Gaia gave us detailed measurements of stars across the galaxy. "Missions that produce images ...