Field-level inference: Unlocking the full potential of galaxy maps to explore new physics
Galaxies are not islands in the cosmos. While globally the universe expands—driven by the mysterious "dark energy"—locally, ...
Live Science15 天
The fabric of the universe is 'lopsided', huge gravitational wave mapping study finds
A new effort to map the rumblings in spacetime caused by enormous black hole collisions paints a surprisingly loud and ...
Business Insider India5 年
A new 3D map of the Milky Way reveals our galaxy's warped shape in unprecedented detail
The result is an unprecedented large-scale 3D map of the galaxy. And that map shows that the edges of the Milky way bend slightly, giving it a warped S shape. "Our map shows the Milky Way disk is ...
Astronomers build galaxy-sized ‘detector’ to map universe’s vibrations
Scientists have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. The background rumble is ...
Astronomers map globular clusters in the NGC 5018 galaxy group
Using the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), astronomers from Italy and Germany have observed a group of galaxies designated NGC ...
University of Manchester1 年
Astronomical collaboration maps the structure of our Galaxy’s magnetic field
“We have characterised the synchrotron emission from our Galaxy with unprecedented accuracy. This radiation is the result of the emission by charged particles moving at velocities close to that of ...
BBC5 年
Vast 'star nursery' region found in our galaxy
distance and motion of stars in our galaxy. Team members used data from the European Space Agency telescope, along with other measurements, to construct a detailed, 3D map of interstellar matter ...
Business Insider India5 年
We live next to the largest gas cloud in the Milky Way — and it's giving birth to new stars
The largest gas cloud in the Milky Way is our immediate neighbour according to a new 3D map of the galaxy by astronomers at Harvard University. The ‘Radcliff wave’ is over 9000 lightyears long ...