The Importance of 3D Galaxy Maps One of the key advantages of using 3D galaxy maps is the ability to detect local effects of dark matter that traditional methods might overlook.

Travel to another galaxy with this vibrant 3D map of the cosmos The map is made from radio telescope observations of millions of objects in the sky. By Leto Sapunar Published Mar 4, 2022 8:00 AM EST ...

It turns out that the Milky Way’s disk buckles like a melting Dalí clock. Sometimes it’s hardest to see what’s right in front of your face.

This would help scientists understand how the oldest parts of the galaxy have changed over time, she added. Better 3D maps of the Milky Way can help scientists better understand its shape.

The best 3D map yet of the center of the Milky Way galaxy has revealed a tasty surprise: the heart of our galaxy looks like a cosmic peanut. Two international teams of astronomers discovered the ...

Cosmic cartographers are starting work on the biggest 3D map of the universe so far. It should reveal an undulating landscape sculpted by the big bang, and might give us a clue to the underlying ...

That study looked at 1,339 Cepheids and created one of the most comprehensive 3D maps of the Milky Way, which showed that our home galaxy is twisted at its edges.

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific wavelengths — fingerprints that reveal their age, motion, and chemical makeup.

The inset for each color-coded section of the map includes an image of a typical galaxy or quasar from that section, and also the signal of the pattern that the eBOSS team measures there.

The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope aims to create the largest 3D map of the universe in the next six years. The observatory just completed the first piece.

In a study, astronomers describe how they were able to map out the 3D shape of this huge galaxy, which turns out to be potato-shaped.

Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million ...