Feb 04, 2015 08:59 AM EST
VISTA Spots Pulsating Stars on the Far Side of the Trifid Nebula in New Image
The VISTA telescope is taking some spectacular images of the central regions of our Milky Way as it maps the galaxy. Known as the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey, this effort should give astronomers a new glimpse of our galaxy as a whole.