Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

"Dust serves as the building material for planets like Earth and plays a catalytic role in the Milky Way's chemical evolution. The newly released 3D map opens a new window for the study of dust and ...

to create the most detailed 3D map of dust properties in the Milky Way galaxy. Zhang and Green used data from ESA’s Gaia project, a 10.5-year effort to acquire extremely precise measurements of ...

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy—the ...

to construct the most detailed 3D map yet of the properties of dust in the Milky Way galaxy. Zhang and Green turned to data from ESA's Gaia mission, which was a 10.5-year-effort to obtain ...

Carrying two telescopes, the spacecraft's mission was to map the Milky Way, offering insights into the composition of our home galaxy and how it evolved, formed and is structured. Unlike the James ...

Researchers have revealed the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way Galaxy, Xinhua News reported Friday. The breakthrough will play a crucial ...

The interstellar medium -- the matter and radiation in the space between stars -- is crucial for the Milky ... released 3D map opens a new window for the study of dust and the Galaxy.