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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia observatory is working not to look at one object but to get an overview of our entire galaxy. The idea is to use Gaia to create a 3D map of the Milky Way ...

A new, more detailed study of 1,000 distant galaxies explains why some gas-rich galaxies don’t produce as many stars as you’d ...