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Detailed map of dust in Milky Way

Astronomers Just Created the Most Detailed 3D Map of Cosmic Dust Yet

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

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Detailed map of dust in the Milky Way

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 from the LAMOST spectral survey,

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Cosmic map reveals that the Milky Way's dust has very unusual properties

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove of information.

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Astronomy's dirty window to space: A detailed map of dust in the Milky Way

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it appears? Or does the star merely look reddish, since its light has had to travel through a cloud of cosmic dust to reach our telescope?

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How astronomers make deep maps of the Milky Way

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 ...

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'This doesn't appear in computer simulations': Hubble maps chaotic history of Andromeda galaxy, and it's nothing like scientists expected

An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting ...

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Scientists make most detailed ever infrared map of the Milky Way, changing view of our galaxy

Astronomers have made the most detailed infrared map of our galaxy ever made ... The huge infrared map comes in at 500 terabytes of data, making it the largest observational project ever ...

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