Science & Exploration 30/09/2025 1402 views 34 likes Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from its centre. We’ve known for about a hundred years that the galaxy’s stars rotate around its centre, and …
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QUICK FACTS What it is: A 3D map of where stars form in the Milky Way Where it is: Up to 4000 light-years away, in the star-forming regions of the Milky Way When it was shared: Sept. 16, 2025 A craggy mountain peak, a tower, perhaps even a finger — in this new celestial dreamscape from the James Webb Space …
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Science & Exploration 26/08/2025 1379 views 24 likes In the past decade, the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has revealed the nature, history, and behaviour of billions of stars. Our pioneering stargazer has reshaped our view of the skies around us like no other, revealing that star clusters are more connected than expected over vast distances. The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (artist …
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