What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

Astronomers have published a breathtaking map of the Milky Way. Using special telescopes, the team from the European Southern ...

The European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope has collected more than 500 terabytes of data on our galaxy.

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects -- the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA ...

This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most detailed infrared map ever ...

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most ...

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most ...

Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way ever created, revealing over 1.5 billion hidden objects.

Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that have changed their view of the galaxy ...

The most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way ever made has been published after observations by the VISTA telescope over ...

Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (Vista) telescope, the scientists monitored the central regions of the ...