Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that ... making it the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Visible ...

these new images show the Milky Way as you've never seen it before. After 13 years of observations, scientists have now revealed the most detailed map of our galaxy ever made. Using infrared light ...

This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most ... [+] detailed infrared map ever of our galaxy. Here we see, from left to right and top to bottom ...

just released some of the most complete and detailed images of the Milky Way and they're absolutely stunning. Be sure to check out the full, zoomable version of the map on ESO's website.

In their study published Thursday in the journal Science, they showed that by measuring the distance between classical Cepheid variable stars within the galaxy, they could develop a three-dimensional ...

“Astronomers will be poring over this detailed portrait of more ... “With this new survey, we can map the three-dimensional structure of the Milky Way's stars and dust in unprecedented detail ...

The result is an unprecedented large-scale 3D map of the galaxy. And that map shows that the edges of the Milky way bend slightly, giving it a warped S shape. "Our map shows the Milky Way disk is ...