Scientists Just Mapped 130 Million Stars to Reveal the Universe’s Hidden Haze
Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...
Gaia Has Observed Over 150K Asteroids In Our Solar System
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A Star’s Tiny Wobble Just Revealed a Massive Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
Gaia, a mission designed to map stars, has accidentally become a planet hunter. Using precise astrometry, it detected stellar ...
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Detailed map of dust in the Milky Way
Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...
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The Solar System Passed Through a Massive Cosmic Wave Millions of Years Ago — And This May Have Cooled Earth
The Radcliffe Wave is a massive, undulating structure filled with dense clouds of gas and dust, stretching across several ...
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ESA and HPE bring new supercomputer to Italy
The ESA has partnered with HPE to bring a supercomputer to ESRIN. The computer will assist in scientific research and support ...
Astronomy's dirty window to space: A detailed map of dust in the Milky Way
When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...
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Scientists create the most detailed 3D map of dust in the Milky Way
Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...
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Astronomy’s dirty window to space
Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million ...