Using cutting-edge 3D galaxy maps and an innovative approach called field-level inference (FLI), researchers are uncovering the intricate patterns of dark matter that govern the formation and ...

The European Space Agency mission, launched in July 2023, will create the largest and most accurate 3D map of the cosmos yet ... the delicate structure of a spiral galaxy in the cluster Abell ...

The findings, appearing in The Astrophysical Journal, suggest magnetic fields strongly impact star-forming regions which means they played a part in the creation of our own solar system. It might ...

But when their powerful capabilities are combined, the telescopes can unveil even more celestial mysteries, including the oldest black hole ever found and colliding galaxy clusters that ...

China is commissioning a strangely-shaped telescope in the forested hills northeast of Beijing that Chinese scientists said will be the world's most efficient tool for mapping the galaxy in three ...

In a study, astronomers describe how they were able to map out the 3D shape of this huge galaxy, which turns out to be potato-shaped. Other galaxies come in different shapes, most commonly a flat ...

More information: Gordian Edenhofer et al, A parsec-scale Galactic 3D dust map out to 1.25 kpc from the Sun, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347628 . On arXiv : DOI: 10. ...

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 ...

The 3D map indicates where the cloud most muddies ... Gaia’s data helped scientists produce the best reconstructed view of our galaxy as it would appear to an outside observer in January ...

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have released the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever compiled ... generate an accurate 3D view of the Milky Way ...