Despite the huge amount of data, though, the map doesn't cover the entire Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way is estimated to have anywhere from 100 billion to 400 billion stars and likely as many ...

Astronomers have made the most detailed infrared map of our galaxy ever made. The huge map has already helped changed our ...

the new map charts a vast number of stars, "failed" brown dwarfs, free-floating planets and hypervelocity suns launched into ...

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed. When you purchase ...

Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that have changed their view of the galaxy ‘forever’. The infrared map contains more than 1.5 billion objects ...

Large galaxy surveys are attempting to measure millions of galaxies and map their distribution in space. We are only beginning to learn and explore the geography of the universe. Let's get going.

distance and motion of stars in our galaxy. Team members used data from the European Space Agency telescope, along with other measurements, to construct a detailed, 3D map of interstellar matter ...