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Farewell to Gaia, Milky Way’s Cartographer

Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it continues to contribute to astronomy. As Gaia Mission Manager Uwe Lammers put it: “We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us.”

The New York Times · 2d

Farewell to Gaia, the Milky Way’s Cartographer

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

The Times of India on MSN · 1d

Europe’s space agency retires Gaia, the cosmic mapmaker

Europe's space agency, ESA, has retired the Gaia satellite after more than nine years of service. Launched in 2013, Gaia created the most detailed 3D

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'Unlike any objects we know': Scientists get their best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling at the Milky Way's center

Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...

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Scientists Just Mapped 130 Million Stars to Reveal the Universe’s Hidden Haze

Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

The Mystery of Dark Energy Just Got Even Deeper

According to the new DESI numbers, dark energy may be changing over time—either causing the universe’s expansion to ...

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Hubble Just Revealed a Breathtaking New View of a Nearby Galaxy

Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.

Europe’s space agency retires Gaia, the cartographer of the cosmos: Its mission & significance

Gaia has transformed the way the Milky Way galaxy is viewed. Its data allowed scientists to recreate not just a 3D map of the ...

New Scientist12d

Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang

The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly ...

Popular Science9d

A terrifying fate may lurk inside the Milky Way

All good things come to an end—even the Milky Way. Our home galaxy’s demise isn’t estimated to occur for at least another 4 or 5 billion years, when astronomers believe it will start ...

Star-mapping space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement orbit'

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement ...

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