Indian astronomers have mapped in detail the invisible layers of cosmic dust that veil our Milky Way and redden the light of ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

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.

The cosmos just got a little more intimate. For the first time, we can soar above the Milky Way, tracing its spiraling arms ...

Because they are densely covered in dust, the regions in which stars are formed are particularly difficult to study. Now there is an impressive map.