Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

When ancient stargazers looked up at the Milky Way, some saw spilt milk or a river flowing across the sky.Others saw a trail of hay, or a flock of birds. No one spotted the pinwheel. It’s hard ...

The huge map has already helped changed our view of the galaxy in unexpected ways, according to its creators. In all, it catalogues more than 1.5 billion objects, a vast improvement on previous ...

The European Space Agency just updated its massive galaxy map. By Mike Wehner. Published Jul 17th, 2019 9:03PM EDT. ... obscuring their light and making it appear redder,” Friedrich Anders, ...

The Lobster Nebula seen with ESO’s VISTA telescope ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti. Acknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo The wonders of our galaxy are on full display in a new infrared map of the Milky Way ...