Using this catalog, they have successfully constructed a 3D map of dust distribution and properties across the Milky Way, reaching distances of up to 16,308 light-years away. This milestone ...

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

Beijing: An international team of astronomers has unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide critical support ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy—the ...

DESI's first dataset maps 18.7 million celestial objects, aiding dark energy, galaxy, and universe expansion studies.

Europe's space agency, ESA, has retired the Gaia satellite after more than nine years of service. Launched in 2013, Gaia ...

Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more ...

Gaia has transformed the way the Milky Way galaxy is viewed. Its data allowed scientists to recreate not just a 3D map of the ...

Launched in 2013, Gaia’s primary goal was to reveal the history and structure of the Milky Way by building the most precise, three-dimensional map of the positions and velocities of a billion stars.

A groundbreaking new dataset containing information on 18.7 million celestial objects —the largest ever assembled—is now ...