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This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a black cosmic backdrop, countless white stars sparkle like scattered ...

This is part of the first 3D map of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Over 200 thousand objects are included in the map, which was made up of images from a telescope in the Canary Islands that took ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science. Hosted by Dr. Mike Reed, Astro Brief focuses on astronomical ...

Their new three-dimensional map, which provides a broad view of our place among the stars, reveals the S-like structure of the Milky Way’s warped stellar disc. “Our map shows the Milky Way disk is not ...

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 ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

In Part 2 of his story, Benita Albert tells of astronomer Bob Benjamin's career, including teaching and now being a NASA consultant.