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.

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

“Gaia built on unique European excellence in astrometry and will leave a long-lasting legacy for future generations.” After several weeks of scheduled testing, Gaia will leave its current ...

Some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has been mapping out the Milky ...

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 ...