The Gaia mission, launched by the European Space Agency, has completed a decade of groundbreaking astronomical observations, collecting over three trillion data points on two billion stars and ...

Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin with the beautiful configuration of stars we ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

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.

Are we alone in space? ☄️ Are there other civilizations on other planets? The Milky Way, home to our Solar System, counts numerous planets and stars. ? Can there be life there? We've gathered a list ...

To put the wind speeds into perspective, the fastest winds ever observed in our solar system are on Neptune, at a speed of ...

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

However, the Asian giant is exploring a different approach to energy harvesting – capturing clean, essentially endless solar power where it is most abundant. Chinese researchers are working on a ...

“The treasure trove of data collected by Gaia has given us unique insights into the origin and evolution of our Milky Way Galaxy, and has also transformed astrophysics and Solar System science ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of the Milky Way galaxy. The agency shared ... studying a binary star system 61 ...

This has enabled Gaia to deliver on its primary goal of building the largest, most precise map of the Milky Way ... galaxy, Gaia has also spotted other objects, from asteroids in our solar system ...