Utilizing tools for purposes they weren’t initially intended for is a strength of the astronomical community. Scrounging through data collected…
In this 2D image of nebulae in the Orion Molecular Complex, the submillimetre-wavelength glow of dust clouds is overlaid on…
Oh, hello there new neighbor! In February, the Gaia spacecraft took a picture of its new closest companion in space…
Binary star systems are everywhere. They make up a huge percentage of all known solar systems: from what we can…
The European Space Agency launched the Gaia mission in 2013. The mission's overall goal was to discover the history of…
Modern professional astronomers aren't much like astronomers of old. They don't spend every suitable evening with their eyes glued to…
The Milky Way has a number of satellite galaxies; nearly 60 of them, depedending on how we define them. One…
Using data from the second Gaia data release, a team of astronomers has demonstrated that the "warp" in our galaxy…
A new study presented at the 235th meeting of the AAS this week shows how star formation is already happening…
The ESA's Gaia mission recently allowed astronomers to catch a glimpse of Europa as it passed in front of a…