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Scientists map over half a billion celestial objects in the universe Credit: Angel R. López-Sánchez /Australian Astronomical Observatory,Macquarie University. More than 690 million celestial objects have been catalogued, photographed and are now available online for exploration by the public, thanks to an international research collaboration. In a collaboration including The University of Queensland, The Australian National University and researchers from around Australia, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) has released its second set of data, mapping roughly an eighth of the night sky and seein...

Australian researchers are part of a team that have mapped millions of galaxies - and it could help unlock mysteries of the universe Sharon Masige The 'Spanish Dancer', a spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado. Image: DECam, DES Collaboration Australian researchers are part of a global team that have mapped almost 700 million astronomical objects. It is one of the biggest catalogues of space objects - representing around an eighth of the night sky. It's hoped that the data will help answer questions such as what the universe is made of and how it began. A team of res...

Date Time Project maps “astronomical” number of celestial objects Nearly 700 million astronomical objects have been carefully catalogued and made public as part of a major international collaboration involving researchers from The Australian National University (ANU). The latest data release from the Dark Energy Survey means the project has now mapped roughly an eighth of the night sky, stretching back to almost the beginning of time in some cases. This makes it one of the world’s largest astronomical catalogues. The Australian part of the survey is jointly led by ANU astronomer Dr Chri...