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Euclid’s ultra-wide view of the galactic bulge captured more than just stars. The seemingly empty, dark patches in the image ...

A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, ...

If you've been following the abundance of cosmic activity in June, tonight's new moon offers some of the best conditions of the month to see the Milky Way. A rare alignment in the moon phase is ...

The European Space Agency releases the most detailed image of the Milky Way's center, the galactic bulge, in visible light.

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright ...

The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has captured the largest close-up image ever taken of the Milky Way’s ...

As a galactic archaeologist, my job is to reconstruct the past of our galaxy – and read the signs of its future.

The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of innumerable stars. But that's just the visible light. Observing the sky in ...