We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

The ESA will conduct technology tests for several weeks after Gaia’s observations end, before the spacecraft leaves its orbit ...

By that metric, the ESA’s Gaia mission is a resounding success. The spacecraft gave us a precise, 3D map of our Milky Way galaxy and has forced us to abandon old ideas and replace them with compelling ...

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps ... from our galaxy's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). The center of the Milky Way is an extreme ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the ...

"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...

Though space is chock-full of interstellar medium, it tends to be invisible unless lit up by a celestial spotlight. Sometimes ...

in the center of the Milky Way Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming ...