A new map of the Milky Way’s atomic hydrogen, anchored by precise distances to young Cepheid stars, reveals the galaxy’s gas disk is highly clumped and flocculent rather than smooth.

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

A threatened Australian insect joins the exclusive club of celestial navigators.

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Astronomers reveal a new map of the Milky Way, showing a clumpy gas structure in its outer disk. The discovery reshapes how we understand our galaxy’s shape and evolution. The post New Map of ...

A groundbreaking study led by Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, in collaboration with Dr. Peter Craig, has introduced a more precise map of the outer gas disk of the Milky Way. This study, published in The ...