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

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 ...

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 ...

A workhorse of galactic exploration, Gaia has charted the maps that future explorers will rely on to make new discoveries. The star trackers on ESA's Euclid spacecraft uses Gaia data to precisely ...

motion and properties of nearly two billion stars to create an unparalleled map of our home galaxy, according to the European Space Agency. Gaia has been peering into the universe from a stable ...

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 ...

Gaia set out to map the Milky Way after launching in 2013. It charted the positions of nearly two billion stars, providing a precise 3D map of our galaxy. The mission's accomplishments include ...