Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

Some galaxies that should have ceased forming stars long ago are defying expectations. Anew theory proposes the existence of ...

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as "the discovery machine of the decade." ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this ...

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 ...

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries for decades to ...

The universe doesn't come with an instruction manual—but if it did, University of Missouri Assistant Professor Charles ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Artist impression of ESA's Gaia satellite observing the Milky Way. The background image of ...

Gaia has been peering into the universe from ... On Thursday, ESA engineers in Germany disconnected—one-by-one—all the satellite's systems that allow it to survive the perils of space, such ...