When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...
Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...
Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million ...
NASA’s newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to ... The observatory will create a map of the sky in 102 colors of infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye and ideal for ...