The map consists of 200,000 images taken over 13 years using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope.

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 ...

The massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory is celebrating 60 years of welcoming visitors to the moutnaintop collection of telescopes 55 ...

The European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope has collected more than 500 terabytes of data on our galaxy.

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 ...

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Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects -- the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA ...

Astronomers have produced the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way to date, revealing more than 1.5 billion ...

As you read this, a white box the size of a refrigerator is hurtling through space at 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 kph), ...

This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most detailed infrared map ever ...