Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...
This information has enabled the creation of the most detailed 3D map of our galaxy. Despite the end of observations, Gaia's legacy is far from over. Scientists are already preparing the fourth ...
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC We now have the most detailed catalogue of stars in our Milky Way galaxy yet. The new map -- created using data collected by the Gaia satellite -- shows about 1.7 billion ...
So Gaia is a spacecraft that was launched by the European Space Agency way back in December of 2013. And it was on a mission to create the best, biggest, most accurate map of the Milky Way ever.
Despite having recently officially ended its science operations in January, Gaia, one of the most prolific star explorers ...
Gaia unexpectedly discovered a giant exoplanet and a puzzling brown dwarf, challenging planetary formation theories and ...