NASA is preparing to turn the center of our own galaxy into a precision test bed, using the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ...
At least that's what the most current map shows. Astronomers have mapped the most extensive atlas of our Milky Way galaxy yet, including the positions of each and every one of those stars. The ...
In Part 2 of his story, Benita Albert tells of astronomer Bob Benjamin's career, including teaching and now being a NASA ...
The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of the cosmic woods. Reading time 3 minutes The European Space Agency’s Gaia ...
Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s Gaia telescope. This wave, moving through the galaxy’s disc like ripples ...