A University of Iowa researcher has been awarded funding from NASA to create an interstellar map that could lead to more accurate observations of planets located outside our solar system — known as ...

The Milky Way appears as a dusty band of stars, but by observing its radio frequencies a different view can be seen, ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed radio-colour map of the Milky Way, revealing tens of thousands of sources and ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, Adrian Price-Whelan ...

A new mapping of our galaxy has just revealed cosmic landscapes never seen before—a Milky Way with supernatural colors that ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...

Astronomers recently built a precise radio map of the Milky Way’s southern midline, showing 98,000 radio sources.

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Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have released an incredible image of the Milky Way shining in low-frequency radio light, revealing a spectacular realm ...

Prepare to witness the cosmos like never before. Astronomers have released two extraordinary images reshaping how we see our galaxy. The first: a 32-hour exposure of the Lion Nebula, revealing a ...

Jupiter is still a month from opposition, rising about 9 p.m. in the NE as November begins, and right after sunset by Thanksgiving. Saturn is the only planetary highlight in the evening now, in ...