Record-breaking Milky Way map showcases 1.5 billion objects
BBC · 2d
The 'gigantic' Milky Way map that's taken 13 years to create
School projects can take time to complete, but imagine working on one for more than 13 years! Well that's what a group of astronomers have done in order to publish a gigantic map of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Scientists say the work has revealed discoveries that have changed their view of the galaxy "forever".
Daily Journal · 2d
Astronomers create most detailed infrared map of Milky Way
Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects âۥ the most detailed ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) VISTA telescope, the team monitored the central regions of our Galaxy over more than 13 years.
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