A new 3-D map of the universe is the biggest ever made, providing the most detailed view of the sky yet, astronomers say. The crown jewel of the six-year Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS III ...

This story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... a project that aims to map the universe. The survey, which launches in 2020, will employ telescopes in the Northern ...

or universe map, was released as part of National Geographic's campaign "Starstruck: National Geographic's Yearlong Celebration of Space." With "Starstruck," which leads up to the 50th anniversary ...

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collects data at the Kitt Peak National Observatory ... DESI has created the largest 3D map of our universe to date, tracking millions of galaxies.

Called intensity mapping, the technique looks for unique radio emissions of hydrogen gas in galaxies and galaxy clusters to map the large-scale structure of the universe. Hydrogen is the lightest ...

Rather than being flat as a Frisbee, the Milky Way’s star-studded disk is twisted and warped, according to a new three-dimensional map of our ... of the matter in the universe.

Created by an ensemble team of National Geographic experts alongside the orchestration ... space mission images and mind-boggling maps of the planets and moons of our solar system.

And maps can also be works of art, as beautiful to look at as they are interesting to study. National Geographic wall maps fall into that last category. They are gorgeous, but also full of ...