Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...
Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...
Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...
They traced the speedy stars' trajectories, using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope, as a way of ...
At first glance, the night sky appears still. But in reality, everything moves, our Solar System being no exception. As it ...
The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...
"Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time." ...
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of ...
Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...
Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...
Gaia, a mission designed to map stars, has accidentally become a planet hunter. Using precise astrometry, it detected stellar ...
Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...