We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.
The successes of Gaia will help inspire new generations of scientists to make a successor mission a reality and to continue to push the boundaries of space astrometry, in the spirit of Gaia's legacy.
More information: L. Liberato et al, Binary asteroid candidates in Gaia DR3 astrometry, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: ...
The ESA will passivate Gaia on 27 March 2025, the one-of-a-kind observatory craft that unravelled many of the Milky Way's hidden secrets.
Gaia’s scan of Milky Way comes to an end after three trillion observations - but mission continues
Gaia, the European Space Agency’s observatory that is mapping the Milky Way, has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission - and its fuel is now nearly empty.
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its ...
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion ...
Gaia built on unique European excellence in astrometry and will leave a long-lasting legacy for future generations." “After 11 years in space and surviving micrometeorite impacts and solar ...
ABSTRACT.Gaia is the next astrometric ESA mission, conceived to extend the Hipparcos legacy by producing what has been called the first stereoscopic census of the Galaxy. The spacecraft will be ...
Some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has been mapping out the Milky ...
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