The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

Computer algorithms can model the universe, matching simulations to observations and revealing the distribution of dark ...

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...

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The ESA will passivate Gaia on 27 March 2025, the one-of-a-kind observatory craft that unravelled many of the Milky Way's ...

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Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most extreme environments in our galaxy, and have studied previous flaring events ...

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The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft will end its observations this week as it runs out of cold gas propellant. Gaia space telescope aimed to create an accurate and detailed 3D map ...

Gaia space telescope aimed to create an accurate and detailed 3D map of billions of stars in our galaxy and has flipped astronomers' understanding of the Milky Way on its head. After more than a ...