Legendary Gaia Spacecraft Maps Entire Galaxy, Promptly Retires
The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...
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Gaia Telescope Finishes Scanning Milky Way
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its ...
Last starlight for Gaia as it completes sky-scanning mission phase
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...
Farewell Gaia! ESA's Decade-Old Telescope Retires After Delivering Best Map Of The Milky Way
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of ...
ESA's Gaia spacecraft 'gives best insight yet' of what the Milky Way looks
The ESA says Gaia has been mapping the positions, distances, movements, brightness changes, composition of stars in the Milky ...
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Epic 2.5-Billion-Pixel Portrait of Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light-years away, is unveiled in Hubble's largest photomosaic. Spanning a decade, this 2.5-billion-pixel image reveals 200 million stars and Andromeda’s dynamic ...
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This May Be The Best Photo Ever Taken From The International Space Station
Astronaut Don Pettit has taken one of the most incredible astrophotography pictures ever, and possibly the best taken by ...
7 Most beautiful deep space images shared by NASA
Cosmic Leviathan: A galaxy cluster, resembling a submerged sea monster, distorts spacetime around it, as captured by the ...
Moment of Science: The Gaia Sausage
Fire up the grill for some space sausage! Dan Smith explains a weird event with intergalactic implications. 🌌💫 ...
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What I learned from a black hole in Los Angeles
Journalists (including myself) have fawned over this image, affixing it to exhilarating news stories under titles like "First ...