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, launched by the European Space Agency, has completed a decade of groundbreaking astronomical observations, collecting over three trillion data points on two billion stars and ...

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, ...

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

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

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its sky-scanning phase, racking up ...

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

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 (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has completed its sky-scanning mission today after mapping the Milky Way for more than 10 years. Gaia has racked up more than three trillion ...

An illustration shows the Gaia spacecraft telescope drifting between Earth and the sun as the Milky Way looks on. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Night has fallen for the star-tracking ...