Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Conversely, when an object moves toward us, the wavelength gets compressed, making it appear ... that allows astronomers to map the structure of our Milky Way galaxy, understand its rotation ...

Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...