Using powerful X-rays, researchers at SLAC are trying to recover erased traces of a 2,000-year-old star catalog that could ...

I've been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six decades and have always found it quite easy. And then in 1994, I visited the Southern Hemisphere for the first time. For ...

Once you know how to use a star map, finding your way around the night sky is easy. Credit: Creators.com illustration I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six ...

If you explore the night sky it won't be long before you realize there is a lot of dust and gas up there. The interstellar dust between the stars accounts for 1% of the mass of the interstellar medium ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Artist impression of ESA's Gaia satellite observing the Milky Way. The background image of the ...

Scientists generated the most precise three-dimensional image of star formation zones in the Milky Way galaxy using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. This map will reveal ...

"We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Europe's star-mapping Gaia space ...