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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 ...

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Today astronomers are saying goodbye to a remarkable spacecraft: a telescope that has observed nearly two billion stars in its 12-year life. The Gaia Observatory from the European Space Agency (ESA) ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft is back to routine operations studying the Milky Way after a meteor strike punctured its protective shield, allowing charged solar particles to stream ...

The Gaia spacecraft has unearthed a new treasure trove of secrets about our galaxy — and beyond. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission plans to produce the largest, most precise 3D map of the Milky ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia telescope revealed half a million newfound stars, and detailed the orbits of over 150,000 asteroids. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

When you look up at the night sky, do you wonder about what's out there? Most of the stars we can see with the naked eye reside within our own galaxy. And now we know a lot more about them. The ...

"We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Europe's star-mapping Gaia space ...