We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

and the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education. "Still, the distant parts of the Milky Way remain educated guesses based on incomplete data. With further Gaia data releases our view of the Milky ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its sky-scanning phase, racking up ...

Gaia, the European Space Agency’s observatory that is mapping the Milky Way, has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission - and its fuel is now nearly empty.

In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

Palomar 5 is a unique star cluster that stretches across 30,000 light-years and is located about 80,000 light-years from ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of the Milky Way galaxy. The agency shared the visuals on social media, ...

According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...

A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass ...