A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

"Our new maps nicely demonstrate that the spiral structure in the gas disk of the Milky Way is highly flocculent, and that the overall structure of the disk is complex," Dr. Craig adds.

Admire our galaxy’s dramatic galactic core—a sparkly bulge of stars and gas—while summer’s short ‘Milky Way season’ lasts ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

Astronomers reveal a new map of the Milky Way, showing a clumpy gas structure in its outer disk. The discovery reshapes how we understand our galaxy’s shape and evolution.

However, the Milky Way galaxy map is still larger in terms of data, as that map is over 500 TB in size.

Astronomers create a dazzling, elaborate map of nearby galaxy in thousands of colors By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Updated - June 18, 2025 at 8:33 p.m. | Posted - June 18, 2025 at 8:33 p.m.

Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor galaxy is so detailed ...

According to the planetarium, "Encounters in the Milky Way" — narrated by actor Pedro Pascal — is a "a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic neighborhood." ...

Scientists will be able to turn the roughly 60 million billion bytes of image data from the Vera Rubin Observatory into ...