Millions of years ago, our Solar System sailed through the Orion Complex, part of the vast Radcliffe Wave structure. This ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

The Gaia space telescope has created the largest 3D map of the Milky Way, measuring distances and luminosities for up to 2 billion stars. After 11 years in space, Gaia ceased operations on January ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

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 ...

We look back on about 11 years of the Gaia spacecraft, now at the end of its mission to create the best map of the Milky Way. Humans have a surprising lack of hair for mammals. Biological ...

As astronomers peer through telescopes across the cosmos, dust clouds may distort the light from distant objects, altering observations.

Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have created the most comprehensive three-dimensional map of the characteristics of cosmic dust in the Milky Way galaxy, according to a study ...