Since then, an unfathomable number of stars and planets have come into existence. In our galaxy alone, the Milky Way, it is estimated that there are between 100 and 400 billion stars, and possibly ...

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The map consists of 13 years of work totaling 200,000 images, thanks to the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope.

A team used the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope to create the most detailed infrared map of the universe, monitoring the galaxy for more than 13 years. The map comprises 500 terabytes ...

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"The Milky Way's satellite population is a unique combination of small satellites containing only older stars, and its two ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed infrared map of our Milky Way galaxy ever made, revealing more than 1.5 billion ...

Venus still hovers low in the southwestern sky at dusk a half-hour to 45 minutes after sunset. Saturn is comfortably high up ...

The map consists of 200,000 images taken over 13 years using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope.

In a monumental achievement, astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope have created the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way, featuring over 1.5 billion cosmic ...

The massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever ...

The European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope has collected more than 500 terabytes of data on our galaxy.