Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Best Picture Yet Of Milky Way’s Formation 13.5 Billion Years Ago
A new study of the Milky Way galaxy reveals the ages of different parts of the galaxy, and tells the…
Dark Energy Illuminated By Largest Galactic Map Ten Years In The Making
After a decade of research, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey has released the most detailed 3D map of the Universe…
Dwarf Galaxies That Dance? Andromeda Observations Reveal A Larger Cosmic Mystery
What is up with these dwarf galaxies? A survey of thousands of galaxies using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey reveals…
Quasars Tell The Story Of How Fast The Young Universe Expanded
For those who saw the Cosmos episode on William Herschel describing telescopes as time machines, here is a clear example…
Dusty Galaxies Shine Across The Universe In New Herschel Survey
While dust is easy to ignore in small quantities (says the writer looking at her desk), across vast reaches of…
Why the Asteroid Belt Doesn’t Threaten Spacecraft
When you think of the asteroid belt, you probably imagine a region of rock and dust, with asteroids as far…
An Incredible Visualization of Asteroids from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Who knew asteroids could be so beautiful and mesmerizing? In 2008, a group of astronomers led by Alex Parker did…
Holy Galaxify Batman! Galaxy Zoo Allows Users to Put Their Name in Big Lights
If you're going to put your name in lights, you might as well go big; REALLY big. And with millions…
Take a Flight Through Our Universe, Thanks to New 3-D Map of the Sky
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) has released the largest three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes…
Galactic Gong – Milky Way Struck and Still Ringing After 100 Million Years
When galaxies collide, stars are thrown from orbits, spiral arms are stretched and twisted, and now scientists say galaxies ring…