Astronomers have published an infrared map of the Milky Way that is considered the most detailed one of its kind. Researchers used the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope in Chile.

Scientists reveal a groundbreaking infrared map of the Milky Way, offering a clearer look at the hidden regions of our galaxy ...

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Where it is: 8,000 light-years away, in the Scorpius constellation.Why it's so special: NGC 6357, also called the Lobster Nebula, is busy giving birth to huge stars ... that took 200,000 separate ...

What it is: NGC 6357, a diffuse emission nebula Where it is ... separate pictures and 13 years to compile — the biggest-ever infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy. Infrared-sensitive cameras ...

Why it's so special: NGC 6357, also called the Lobster Nebula, is busy giving birth to ... and 13 years to compile — the biggest-ever infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy. Infrared-sensitive ...

The star V830 Orionis shines on the cloud of material left over from its formation, here seen as the NGC 1999 reflection nebula. The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks ...

The closest nebula to Earth is the Helix Nebula, which is about 700 light ... The new image on the left shows the nebula in the infrared, using observations from Hubble’s high-resolution Wide ...

An infrared view of the Messier 17 nebula. The VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) telescope’s infrared camera, known as VIRCAM, was pivotal in penetrating the dense ...

The wonders of our galaxy are on full display in a new infrared map of the Milky Way, showing a stunning 1.5 billion objects using data collected over 13 years. Researchers used the European ...

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have released the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever compiled. Completed after more than 13 years of monitoring using ...