ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

Planets, asteroids and comets orbit more massive stars, and stars collect around supermassive black holes, forming galaxies. Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies.

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Gaia was launched on December 19, 2013, and began scanning the stars in July 2014. It mapped over two billion stars, ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 ...

In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...

Night-sky tourism, or "noctourism," is set to be a major travel driver this coming year, Booking.com predicts. Why it matters ...

Gaia, the European Space Agency’s observatory that is mapping the Milky Way, has completed the sky-scanning phase of its ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft concludes its 12-year mission to map the Milky Way, leaving behind a legacy of ...

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