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It's the end for Gaia: the mapping of the Milky Way comes to an end
The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...
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 ...
Got a telescope? Bid farewell to ESA's retiring Milky Way mapper
In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...
Tiny Galaxy, Big Discoveries: NGC 300 and the Secrets of Cosmic Growth
Astronomers have unveiled surprising new details about a small galaxy, NGC 300, challenging existing theories on galaxy ...
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Earth bids farewell to ESA’s Gaia spacecraft
The ESA will passivate Gaia on 27 March 2025, the one-of-a-kind observatory craft that unravelled many of the Milky Way's ...
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 ...
Space on MSN12d
Building blocks of life on Earth left the Milky Way before being pulled back in
You may be stuck in the Milky Way but new research suggests the carbon that makes up your body took an intergalactic round ...
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 ...
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Building blocks of life on Earth left the Milky Way before being pulled back in
The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky ... way around" the galaxy before coming together to make up our bodies here on Earth.