image: The Milky Way harbors abundant target materials and cosmic-ray accelerators, with LHAASO now unveiling the galaxy's cosmic-ray "treasure map." view more Credit: ©Science China Press China ...

Sophisticated telescopes have surveyed the Milky Way across the spectrum of light, from radio waves to ultra-high-energy gamma rays. But those are all forms of light.

Astronomers have published a breathtaking map of the Milky Way. Using special telescopes, the team from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) photographed the sky for over 13 years. The result ...

The Gaia Project's Data Release 3: a 3D Map of the Milky Way The new map of the Milky Way includes information on parallax and proper motion (velocity across the sky) for more than 1.3 billion stars.