Image: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy just constructed a detailed, three-dimensional map of the cosmic dust in our galaxy.

Star Wars fans rejoice: Lucasfilm has relaunched its vast project to map the sci-fi saga's galaxy, and published a hugely-detailed map with more than 500 planets.

A new high-resolution catalogue identifies 332 submarine canyon networks on the seafloor of the Antarctic continent. Scientists publish the most detailed map to date of the Antarctic’s submarine ...