The map consists of 200,000 images taken over 13 years using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope.
A 13-year survey conducted by the VISTA telescope has resulted in the creation of the most detailed Milky Way map ever. It ...
Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the ...
The Milky Way is home to gas, dust, billions of stars, and a supermassive black hole at its center. Living in this galactic ...
This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most detailed infrared map ever ...
Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that have changed their view of the galaxy ...
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have released the largest infrared map of the Milky Way ever. The enormous ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...
In a monumental achievement, astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope have created the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way, featuring over 1.5 billion cosmic ...
In 2013, scientists started the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey to find small galaxies orbiting larger ones, ...
The European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope has collected more than 500 terabytes of data on our galaxy.
More information: Yao-Yuan Mao et al, The SAGA Survey. III. A Census of 101 Satellite Systems around Milky Way-mass Galaxies, arXiv (2024).DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2404.14498 Marla Geha et al, The SAGA ...