83,000 citizen scientists help catalogue more than 300,000 galaxies

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 13:28

More than 83,000 volunteer citizen scientists have helped catalogue information on more than 300,000 galaxies to help learn more about our universe.

Study of 60,000 stars could help understand how Milky Way was formed

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 18:41

Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) have released a new online public data set featuring 60,000 stars, which could us understand how our Milky Way Galaxy formed.

Stellar patrons of Milky Way bar identified

Last Updated: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 19:21

Astronomers now have the clearest understanding yet of the bar at the centre of the Milky Way.

Expansion of Universe decelerated 11bn years ago

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 11:15

Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) have made the first measurement of the cosmic expansion rate just three billion years after the Big Bang.