1.5 million objects: Researchers compile largest map of the Milky Way
Observations were made for 13 years, resulting in a data set of 500 terabytes. The mega-project has now come to an end. But ...
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Kitt Peak celebrates 60 years of telescope tourism
Kitt Peak National Observatory is celebrating 60 years of welcoming visitors to the moutnaintop collection of telescopes 55 ...
10 breathtaking pics of galaxies captured by NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. This landscape of “mountains” and ...
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UK-led collaboration contributes to largest infrared map of Milky Way
The VISTA telescope, which boasts the world’s largest infrared camera, VIRCAM, was developed by the UK Astronomy Technology ...
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UK Team Unveils Largest Infrared Map of Milky Way
This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most detailed infrared map ever ...