ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

Gaia was launched on December 19, 2013, and began scanning the stars in July 2014. It mapped over two billion stars, ...

In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Milky Way stars that are high and low in metallicity have been mapped by the ESA Gaia mission. [Gaia spacecraft: Mapping the ...

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of the Milky Way galaxy. The agency shared the visuals on social media, ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft concludes its 12-year mission to map the Milky Way, leaving behind a legacy of ...

Some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has been mapping out the Milky ...