The Milky Way’s farthest spiral arms have long been sketched more from motion than measurement. Now three violent explosions ...

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright ...

Our understanding of the galaxy has advanced with every leap in the number of stars. From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone has revealed ...

A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty. A new map of dark matter in the local universe reveals several ...

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects -- the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA ...

The European Space Agency releases the most detailed image of the Milky Way's center, the galactic bulge, in visible light.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new cosmic map is giving scientists an unprecedented look at the boundaries for the giant ...

The wonders of our galaxy are on full display in a new infrared map of the Milky Way, showing a stunning 1.5 billion objects using data collected over 13 years. Researchers used the European Southern ...

Using the VISTA telescope, the European Southern Observatory put 13 years of work into the map, which consists of 200,000 images. Joe is a freelance journalist. It all started with a long-running ...

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is a frustrating time for many amateur astronomers. The nights never get dark enough to easily see the faint, fuzzy galaxies and nebulae they enjoy looking at through ...