Scientists use 3D galaxy maps to uncover hidden details about dark matter and the universe’s large-scale structure.

According to NASA's SPHEREx mission details, the observatory will survey the entire sky using near-infrared light. Its goals include exploring how galaxies evolved, understanding the structure of the ...

Rare ultra-faint dwarf galaxies beyond the influence of other galaxies show evidence that star formation was stifled long ago ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and elsewhere have ...

Computer algorithms can model the universe, matching simulations to observations and revealing the distribution of dark ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

Gaia, the European Space Agency’s observatory that is mapping the Milky Way, has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission - and its fuel is now nearly empty.

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

Soon, the Gaia spacecraft will leave orbit and begin its retirement in the depths of space. In the last 10 years, it has ...

In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its ...