When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

This radiation reveals everything from star-forming gas clouds to the ... of astronomy that allows astronomers to map the structure of our Milky Way galaxy, understand its rotation, and even ...

A star has been spotted shooting away from the heart of our galaxy at around 500 kilometres per second, giving astronomers ...

Within the Milky Way itself there are hypervelocity stars ... whose purpose is to map millions of stars to calculate their motion. There could, of course, be other explanations for the phenomenon.

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting ...

An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting ...

An international of team astronomers has unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust ...