Although it may not appear extraordinary at first glance, NGC 5668 spans about 90,000 light-years, similar in size and mass to our Milky Way galaxy, and its nearly face-on view reveals open spiral ...

Growing up in Midland, Nikki Nielsen didn't imagine she would be traveling around the world, let alone making breakthrough ...

If you’re thinking of a galaxy, the image in your head is probably the Andromeda Galaxy! Read more about our closest galactic ...

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

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

If you've ever attended a star party, it's more than likely that the astronomer on site pointed out the Andromeda Galaxy (M31 ...

In a study published in Nature Astronomy, a group of international researchers led by astronomers at the University of ...

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

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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 ...