The exquisite map of our galaxy it assembled has enabled scientists to ... Way might look like face-on based on data from the ...

Euclid is on a quest to unravel one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: why it's expanding faster and faster. With help ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has said goodbye to Gaia, its "billion star surveyor." After nearly 11 years of celestial science—twice its planned lifetime—the spacecraft's fuel supplies reached ...

Credit: Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Milky Way: ESA/Gaia/DPAC; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO ... Gaia set out to map the Milky Way after launching in 2013. It charted the positions of nearly two billion ...

This is the latest map of our Galaxy using data from the Gaia mission. The spiral arms arms are less prominent than previously thought. ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar Not really the end for ...

Scientists used ACT to map the microwave emission in detail ... ESA/Euclid Consortium/NASA; ESA/Gaia/DPAC; ESA/Planck Collaboration Another pathway for cosmic exploration is the Euclid space ...

After more than ten years in space, the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially said goodbye to its Gaia spacecraft. On 27 March 2025, Gaia was powered down and sent into a quiet orbit around the ...

The data it collected will continue to drive new discoveries for years to come. The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (artist impression). Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar Over its lifetime, ...

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ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar Gaia has transformed the way scientists understand the universe, and its data has become a reference point for many other telescopes on the ground and in space.