Tarantula Nebula in All Its Splendid Colors – Photo

Tarantula Nebula in All Its Splendid Colors – Photo

This complex star-forming region is a significant astronomical target

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 17th, 2014
Gaia Sees Cat's Eye Nebula in Beautiful Test Photos

Gaia Sees Cat's Eye Nebula in Beautiful Test Photos

The billion star surveyor is currently being commissioned

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 8th, 2014
Billion-Star Surveyor Produces First Test Image

Billion-Star Surveyor Produces First Test Image

Gaia's main instrument is being slowly brought online

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 28th, 2014
Sun-Sized Hypervelocity Stars Caught Exiting the Milky Way

Sun-Sized Hypervelocity Stars Caught Exiting the Milky Way

Astronomers have managed to figure out what drove them away

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2014
Evolutionary History of the Milky Way Reconstructed

Evolutionary History of the Milky Way Reconstructed

The investigation led to a series of interesting conclusions

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 20th, 2014
Milky Way Grew from the Inside Out

Milky Way Grew from the Inside Out

New study yields additional evidences to support this claim

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 8th, 2014
Billion-Star Surveyor Reaches Its Science Orbit

Billion-Star Surveyor Reaches Its Science Orbit

The spacecraft was launched late last year from South America

This Is How the Bright Night Sky Looks like in Chile

This Is How the Bright Night Sky Looks like in Chile

Amazing photo shows the Milky Way and the Moon over Paranal

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 19th, 2013
Gaia Launches to Map 1 Billion Stars in Our Galaxy

Gaia Launches to Map 1 Billion Stars in Our Galaxy

The telescope will spend five years studying the Milky Way

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 18th, 2013
Black Holes Will Soon Get Their First Image

Black Holes Will Soon Get Their First Image

A new grant has been awarded for this very purpose

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 18th, 2013
Milky Way May Have Four Spiral Arms After All

Milky Way May Have Four Spiral Arms After All

The conclusion belongs to a new, long-term investigation

Billion-Star Surveyor to Create 3D Map of Milky Way

Billion-Star Surveyor to Create 3D Map of Milky Way

The telescope will analyze the positions of a billion stars

Star Trails Backdrop the Impressive Very Large Telescope

Star Trails Backdrop the Impressive Very Large Telescope

The image was collected over the arid Atacama Desert

Billion-Star Survey Telescope Installed in Its Payload Fairing

Billion-Star Survey Telescope Installed in Its Payload Fairing

The telescope will be launched into space in about a week

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 12th, 2013
Cosmic Fast Radio Bursts May Be Easier to Explain than Anticipated

Cosmic Fast Radio Bursts May Be Easier to Explain than Anticipated

Astronomers propose new explanation for these mysterious phenomena

Milky Way Rising Majestically Over Paranal Observatory: Photo

Milky Way Rising Majestically Over Paranal Observatory: Photo

Impressive photo shows the core of our galaxy in great detail

Hubble Sees Amazing Irregular Galaxy Nearby

Hubble Sees Amazing Irregular Galaxy Nearby

The cosmic formation is neither spiral, nor elliptical

 
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