"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an astronomer at the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom and first ...

Travel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that ...

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.

Astronomers used data from multiple space telescopes to create 3D models of celestial objects. These models help scientists understand how stars explode and die (supernovae). The models show the ...

What can NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission teach scientists about solar wind and space weather? This is what findings presented at the 246th American Astronomical ...

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space ...

The museum's flagship building on the National Mall drew thousands of visitors on Monday who were among the first to tour reimagined displays. Hundreds of people lined up outside of the Smithsonian's ...