Better 3D maps of the Milky Way can help scientists better understand its shape. For instance, "the number of the main spiral arms is still debated; also, the severity of the spiraling of the arms ...

Our galaxy's Cepheid stars, superimposed onto a map of the Milky Way. Image Credit: Plot by J. Skowron / OGLE, Milky Way panorama by Serge Brunier That said, this galactic map quest is far from over.

A new, incredibly detailed 3D map of the Milky Way has revealed that its central disk is wavy, much like an enormous potato chip.This new picture of the galactic disk — the central region of the ...

When ancient stargazers looked up at the Milky Way, some saw spilt milk or a river flowing across the sky.Others saw a trail of hay, or a flock of birds. No one spotted the pinwheel. It’s hard ...

The Milky Way's disk of stars becomes increasingly 'warped' and twisted far away from its center, according to astronomers who have built the first accurate 3D map of Earth's home galaxy.

Conventional wisdom has long held that the Milky Way was a flat disk of stars and gas, with a bulge in the middle. But now astronomers have created a more accurate 3D map of the galaxy and found ...

That study looked at 1,339 Cepheids and created one of the most comprehensive 3D maps of the Milky Way, which showed that our home galaxy is twisted at its edges.

A new 3D map of the Milky Way galaxy shows the dust that permeates the galaxy in great detail. Astronomers mapped the dust between stars in the Milky Way to create the colorful image, which covers ...

Astronomers have created a 3D map of our entire galaxy, ... When put into a map, the data showed how the Milky Way is warped. The disk of the Milky Way is not uniform but rather twists at its edges.

A large-scale 3D map of the Milky Way shows its warped shape with a new level of detail and accuracy.; Researchers measured the distances between our sun and 2,400 stars to map their three ...

A new, incredibly detailed 3D map of the Milky Way has revealed that its central disk is wavy, much like an enormous potato chip. This new picture of the galactic disk — the central region of ...