Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has given us a view of the earliest moments of galaxy formation in the Universe.
Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...
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 ...
Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...